On the screen was a reservation calendar.
Four completed stays.
The current booking.
And five more reservations stretching into the following months.
Some overlapped with the period when I expected the property to be sold.
I stared at the dates.
“You booked this house through the end of summer?”
Richard folded his arms.
“People reserve vacation properties in advance.”
“And what did you intend to do when I sold it?”
He hesitated.
“Tell them the dates were unavailable.”
I looked at the reservation amounts.
The four completed stays had generated approximately $9,600 in rental revenue.
Richard had kept thirty percent as a management fee.
The remaining money had been transferred to an account Madison and Evan used for household savings.
I turned toward my daughter.
“You received money?”
She nodded.
“Richard said it was our share.”
“Your share of what?”
She looked away.
I examined the records again.
“Did you spend it?”
Madison’s face reddened.
“Some.”
Evan looked at her.
“How much?”
She swallowed.
“We used part of it for the car repair and some bills.”
