Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Options

Quaid's face shone very white in the low light. "Syd," he said, barely a breath of a word. "No."

I wasn't focused on him. Sunny watched me like I'd offered her something she wasn't sure was a blessing or a curse. "This is a massive request," she said.

"I know." I shook from the thought of it and almost wanted the now silent and hovering Quaid to talk me out of it. "But I'm right and we both know it. The family is going to need all the help they can get. And me on the sidelines isn't serving anyone."

"Syd, how can you ask me?" Crystal tears welled in her eyes. Sunny actually trembled a little. "Your mother would never forgive me."

"You did it before," I said. "And she forgave you for Uncle Frank."