5. None of the above.

It was a stack of brand-new, crisp and shiny $1,000 bills. They looked freshly laundered.

Suddenly, I had a sinking feeling in my gut. could Mom be in on this money-laundering scheme? But if that was so, why had someone tried to kill her? And why had she left the house with this bundle of money in the fridge? And how much longer can this chapter get before someone starts fussing about how long it takes to load?