Chapter 112

“I’m turning over a new leaf. I promise.”

Calm, Candace, calm. Who knew? Maybe Nolan was okay. Michelle was a grown-up; her life was her own. But that beautiful house was part Candace’s, and legal issues aside, she hated the idea of some guy living there who didn’t belong, didn’t understand how precious a place it was. Or was she being selfish? Unreasonable? She could be both, she knew. If only Michelle didn’t have such a dismal record.

“Can you just date him a little longer, get to know him better before he moves in?”

“I’ve known him a month, what more do you want?”

“Two months? Four? Eight? A year?”

“He needs a place now. I’ve got one.”

“We’ve got one.”

Candace sank down onto the one space on her couch not heaped with boxes and tried to calculate. She could put off traveling to Langford by a day or two. She’d wanted to get to Rosehill a couple of weeks early before starting her new job, but she didn’t absolutely have to be there yet. Her f