“What about the eight hundred dollars you borrowed?”
Walter leaned closer.
“That was the only test I could not resist.”
“The suit cost eight hundred?”
“Six hundred.”
He handed me the remaining two hundred dollars.
The minister coughed to hide his laughter.
I should have walked away.
Instead, I looked at the man who had cooked soup with me, listened to every ridiculous dream I had ever shared, and allowed me to discover who he was after the luxury disappeared.
“Do I still get to marry you?” I asked.
“Only if you promise to read the first page.”
I looked down at the charter.
The first instruction read:
Learn every name you can.
“Fine,” I said.
The guests applauded, and the ceremony continued.
PART 3: THE REAL INHERITANCE
After the wedding, Walter handed me a clipboard.
“Retired employee breakfast,” he announced.
“I thought honeymoons involved beaches.”
“Ours involves cinnamon rolls and forty-seven former machinists.”
At first, I treated the family charter like homework.
I checked boxes, timed visits, and wore fashionable shoes to factory floors until a mechanic named Rosa handed me steel-toed boots.
“They’re ugly,” I complained.
“They’ll protect your feet.”
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