Chapter 35

“It has to have a creek nearby,” Lorraine said.

“Yeah, it does. It also has some nice shade trees.”

“Does it have a front porch?”

“Sure does.”

Lorraine looked at Sadie. “It’ll be a nice place for Sadie to sit and play with her grandchildren.”

“Do you have anyone in mind, sweetheart?” Sadie asked.

“Maybe,” Lorraine said as she slid her gaze over to Jude.

“Good choice,” Sadie whispered to her.

* * * *

The next day, Lorraine sat quietly at the writing desk in the Pink Palace while thoughts of a man named Nate Love flitted through her memory. Because of their past together, she hesitated to write to him, but she needed the best lawyer money could buy, and he was the best. Besides, there was no one else she could trust with the story she had to tell. Even now when she thought of him she felt something stir inside her. Their affair had been short but fiery. Knowing their past, would he help her? She’d broken his heart, and he had broken her…