into a meeting. Can this wait?”
“Your mother turned off the upstairs air-conditioning after I specifically told both of you I needed the room for work.”
There was silence.
Susan recognized it immediately.
Richard wasn’t surprised.
He was simply deciding how little effort he could make while still getting the problem to disappear.
“Just turn it back on, Susan.”
“That isn’t the point.”
“Then what is?”
Susan glanced toward Margaret.
Her mother-in-law wasn’t pretending not to listen.
“The point is that your mother believes she can decide when I’m allowed
