Chapter 125

“Oh.” What else could she say? Money didn’t guarantee good character, but this man wasn’t who she thought she’d met.

CEO huh? That meant graduate degree. Most of Michelle’s boyfriends thought junior year of high school was plenty of education. Her sister would have it made if her plans went through and she and Nolan ended up together. Not that money was the most important thing, but security…she and Michelle would never, ever take that for granted, even after so many safe, good years with Gran and Grandad.

Candace drank the last of her coffee and decided she’d better eat something to settle her churning stomach. Not peanut butter and tissue paper-white bread. “Do you have any bran cereal?”.

“Do I look like someone who has bran cereal?” Michelle pretended to be insulted. “You want prune juice, too, granny? Guess what. Don’t have that, either.”

Candace stalked to the cereal cabinet. She liked high-fiber breakfasts because she stayed full longer and had less tr