#Chapter 15: Crooked Accounts

[Evelyn’s POV] Once more the room fell silent. I wasn’t even sure Alexander knew what to say. Surely, he was as shocked as me. Between the two of us, I was certain we both thought that it was going to take a lot more than a single conversation for Wendy to feel so obliged to want to work together. Caroline looked as though someone had the audacity to slap her across the face. For a brief second, I was mildly nervous to turn my head to look at her. But she was quick to recover from her bout of shock. An amused smile curved her painted lips while a mocking laughter filled the air. “Grandma Wendy, you can’t possibly place such an important task on someone like Evelyn,” she said briskly. “How could she possibly understand the dynamics of a pack’s financials?” I hadn’t missed the sharp, bitter tone of her voice as she spoke my name. It was fairly obvious that whatever line of possible friendship the two of us could have had was just severed due to Wendy’s decision. Al