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The three of us were in the living room, talking, when the sliding door opened, and Annie and Jerry walked in.

“How was date night?” Adalyn smiled.

“It was great, but oh my God, did you hear?” Annie asked.

“Hear what?” Colin’s brows furrowed.

“Caitlin Harbor passed away tonight.”

“Who?” I asked.

“Caitlin Harbor. Her husband’s great-grandfather was the founder of Harbor Falls.”

“Katherine renovated her estate a couple of years ago after Mrs. Harbor became ill,” Colin said.

“I wonder if her son will be at the funeral,” Annie said.

“I hope he is. It’ll be good to see him again,” Colin smiled. “It’s been a long time.”

“I didn’t know she had a son.” Adalyn’s face twisted.

“Colin will fill you in. We need to get this sleepy boy home to bed.” Annie smiled as she lightly kissed Noah’s head. “Thanks again for babysitting him. I hope he wasn’t any trouble.”

“He was a perfect angel.” A smile crossed Adalyn’s lips.

CHAPTER 4

Alex

I sat in my office on the thirtieth floor of my high-rise building, staring out the window. The news of my mother’s death was delivered to me late last night by her attorney, Ralph Starling. While sitting there, thinking, my office door opened.

“Alex, I have the new proposal for the outdoor mall ready for you to review,” my friend and V.P. Owen said.

Turning my chair around, he handed me the file folder.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“I got a call late last night from Ralph Starling. My mother passed away.”

“Shit, Alex. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. The funeral is in a few days.”

“Are you going?” he asked.

“I really don’t have a choice. Ralph needs to talk to me about the Harbor Estate.”

My phone rang. When I glanced at it, I saw Lucy’s school was calling.

“Shit.” I sighed. “Alex Harbor.”

“Mr. Harbor, this is Principal Carrington calling. I need you to come to the school for a meeting this afternoon regarding your daughter Lucy.”

“What has she done now?” I ran my hand down my face.

“We can discuss it at the meeting. Can you be here at two o’clock?”

“I don’t have a choice, do I?”

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