A Sweet Reunion: A clean and wholesome small town romance (The Sweet Life Book 1) by Maria Michaels
Author:Maria Michaels [Michaels, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-02-03T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Eight
Jeff didnât think Ivey had calmed down enough when they were inside the condominium, waiting for the elevator.
âDid you hear that? The FBI!â Maybe out of old habit, she leaned into him.
He snaked a supportive arm around her waist. âCalm down. Itâs a mistake. Thatâs all it is.â
âA mistake.â She repeated, her eyes glazed over.
âLetâs go up.â Jeff more or less led Ivey into the elevator and up to the second floor.
There were indeed men in distinctive black suits with badges. No yellow caution tape. But a sign on the front door read: Seized by Order of the United States Government.
The gasp from Ivey meant sheâd read the sign as well.
A gray-haired agent stepped up to them, showing his badge. âAre you Lucy Cartwright?â
âNo, thatâs my aunt. Is she okay? Whatâs happened to her?â Ivey clutched Jeffâs hand.
âNothing, maâam. As far as we know sheâs fine. This property has been seized for payment of debts owed to investors by Ben Cartwright.â
Jeff squeezed Iveyâs hand. Everyone in town realized Lucyâs last husband was under house arrest in New York City. The story Jeff had heard was that heâd been indicted in a Ponzi investment scheme.
âDidnât Lucy Cartwright obtain this property in the divorce?â Jeff asked the man.
âItâs a common trick to pass over assets that way, but Cartwrightâs not getting away with it.â The agent handed over paperwork to Jeff.
âIf youâve been staying here, weâll give you time to get a few essentials. But you need to be out of here tonight.â
âTonight?â Ivey squeaked out.
âGo find a hotel room somewhere. Maybe thereâs someone you can stay with.â
âYou might have noticed itâs a small town and there are no hotels.â These guys were starting to piss Jeff off.
The agent shook his head like it wasnât any of his problem. âMr. Cartwright should have thought of that before he robbed his investors of their savings.â
Yeah, Jeff got it. He didnât like Mr. Cartwright either.
âThose poor people need to get their money back, of course,â Ivey stammered out.
âWell, this will barely put a dent in it,â the man said abruptly and went to confer with the other agents.
Jeff pulled Ivey to the side. He hated to see her this way. Confused, hurt, frightened. Again, someone in Iveyâs life had hurt her. First her dad, whoâd left Ivey and her mother when Ivey was ten. Her mother, dying in another small-town scandal when Ivey was eighteen.
Even heâd let her down.
âWhere am I supposed to go now?â The look on her face, like sheâd been gutted, slayed him. Maybe because he deserved it, he punished himself with the thought she might have had the same look on her face when heâd told her that he needed a break. A break from her. Thatâs how she would have heard it, when all heâd wanted was a tiny respite from the pressures of all the responsibilities.
âYou can stay with me.â
After the words were out of his mouth, he couldnât believe heâd said them out loud. But if nothing else, Iveyâs wide eyes clued him in that he actually had.
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