“I am angry,” I said. “But you could have told me what Nick said.”
“I know. I didn’t want Mom finding out.”
Nick leaned toward the phone. “Tara, don’t put this all on me.”
“I’m not,” she said. “You said Anna agreed. You told me to list the clothes.”
He shook his head. “I was trying to help you.”
“I know you were. But you didn’t ask her, and I shouldn’t have sold them.”
No one spoke for a few seconds. Then Tara said she was sorry. I believed she meant it. That did not put my dress back.
Elaine ended the call and turned to Nick. “You need to make this right.”
“I will,” he said. “I’ll replace what she needs.”
“I don’t need you to decide what I need after deciding what I didn’t,” I said. “We have the receipts. We can go through what’s missing.”
