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“I … I’m surprised.”She heard a wobble in her mother’s voice.“You so often seem to be disappointed in me.”
“Disappointed in … you?No, Mom.No.I only want you to be happy.”
“I am.”
She’d said that before, but K.D.hadn’t accepted it.This time she listened.
“You like being Mark’s wife?”
“Of course I do.I love it, because I love him, and he loves me.I just wish…”
“I know.That I got along better with him.Maybe I’ll come out there soon, Mom.We can try a little harder.”
Her mother sniffed into the phone.“That would be lovely, K.D.Lovely.”
*
“Good news,” Cully’s voice announced over the phone.
“Oh?”Eric could use good news.
“Gail Bledsoe has taken the bait.She contacted K.D., and they’ve had their first appointment.”
K.D.hadn’t called him to tell him directly.
Oh, yeah.Great news.
“She and Tal think another appointment, maybe two and they’ll have enough to take this the next step.Yeah, she and Tal are doing a great job together.We all talked it over first and decided she should have a companion for any visits to the lawyer — an additional witness, so nothing came down to K.D.’s word against the lawyer’s.”
“Uh-huh.”
“We’re satisfied it’s one person at Marriage-Save, not the whole operation, so the lease agreement will go through.Should all be wrapped up next week.Once we pin down Bledsoe, we can lift the cone of silence.”
“Good to hear.”He looked up and saw Pauline standing in the doorway between their offices.
“Yeah, you sound like it.”
“Gotta go, Cully.Talk to you later.”
“What’s happened?”Pauline demanded as soon as he clicked off the call.
He updated her.
Her eyes narrowed.“You could’ve been a lot happier — if not happy for your friend who’s brought this investigation to a successful conclusion, then for yourself.Not long now before everyone knows you’re eligible again.You can—”
“Get back to normal.That’s exactly what I’m celebrating.In my own way.”
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
“You okay?”Tal Bennett asked K.D.as they left the office of divorce lawyer Gail Bledsoe for the second time.
From the first contact, Bledsoe had hurried this process along with the finesse of a freight train.
Tal was perfect to have along on these appointments.With his law enforcement background, he knew what to say and what not to.In his current role as a private investigator, he suited the unofficial nature of the investigation.He already knew what was going on, and he wasn’t well known in Bardville.
To K.D.the drawback about her supportive “cousin” accompanying her to see the lawyer was that he was too observant.
“I’m fine.”
