Lakehouse Promises by Jodi Vaughn

Author:Jodi Vaughn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jodi Vaughn

Chapter 22

When Carolina came out dressed in tan slacks and a white button-down shirt, Janice was nowhere to be seen.

She let out a sigh of relief. She felt bad about speaking to her former mother-in-law that way, but it had been a long time coming. Frankly, it felt good to put her in her place.

She had read the story of Ruth in the Bible and wondered what it would be like to have a mother-in-law who truly loved you. Ruth had been willing to give up everything to follow her mother-in-law and in the end she’d been blessed.

Carolina never had that kind of relationship with Janice. Even from the get-go the woman made it clear that she didn’t think Carolina was good enough for her son.

Janice’s husband had died before Carolina came into the picture. From what Chris had told her the couple had been married almost fifty years before he had a massive heart attack.

She’d always thought that Janice was jealous of Carolina for taking Chris away. Instead of seeing it as gaining a daughter she saw it as losing a son.

No matter. It wasn’t her problem now. She bet Janice would get on well with Kylie. She was young enough, thin enough, and now soon to be mother of Chris’s baby.

The thought cut through her like a knife.

Something inside her wasn’t surprised though. All her life there was some tiny voice in the back of her head that told her she wasn’t worthy of the life she led.

And now it had come true.

She shook her head and slid into her jeep. As she drove into town, she took time to notice all the trees changing colors.

It felt more beautiful here, even with all the issues she was having.

Her stomach rumbled reminding her she had been so eager to get away from Janice that she’d forgotten to eat.

She spotted the diner and found an empty spot in front and parked. She could get a quick breakfast and maybe talk to Getty about some job opportunities.

She walked in and saw that someone had left a copy of the newspaper on top of the garbage can. She grabbed it and and located an empty table in the corner of the room. She sat and pulled out her notebook and pen.

She wrote the word, jobs at the top of the page and turned to the classifieds.

“Hey Carolina.” Getty walked up and poured her a fresh cup of coffee. She pulled out some tiny tubs of cream and packets of sugar out of her apron and placed it beside the cup. “Cream and sugar, right?”

“Yes. How did you remember?”

“Oh, it’s part of the job. Shelly told me you came in yesterday looking for me. Can I help you with something?” Her gaze landed on her notebook.

“I hope so. First of all you don’t happen to know if anyone lost a black dog out by the lake do you?”

Getty shook her head. “I haven’t heard anyone report a lost dog. But I do know that people will dump unwanted pets of theirs hoping someone will take them in.

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