Chapter 96

Nathan wondered if Bainbridge needed his fix of little blue pills.

“He’s above himself,” Howard commented.

The higher they float, the harder they crash,” Nathan snickered, relishing the thought of Warren’s seventieth birthday party, where Howard would make his grand entrance and smack them down a peg or two!

The car pulled up to the hospital entrance.

The orderly had already taken care of Nicolette’s discharge papers, and Gwendolyn spotted her waiting grandmother through the car window.

“Grandma!”

“Gwennie!”

“Why didn’t you wait for me to come get you?” Gwendolyn said, her voice laced with concern as she touched her grandmother’s cold hands.

“I’m as fit as a fiddle,” Nicolette beamed, her face alight with joy at the thought of returning to her roots.

“Nicolette, I’m Nathan. Let’s get you into the

car, shall we?”

into the passenger seat. “Gwendolyn mentioned. you get car sick, so the front seat’s

all just darlings!” Nicolette was over the

“Crescent Village it is. Talk about coincidence.

up the GPS and took the beltway around

be called Quigley

all about getting back to nature, and our village has the

and Gwendolyn were stuck in the back,

“Mr. Chadwick, how’s your injury holding up?” They were bundled up tight, not wanting to let on

nothing serious,” Howard assured her. “Get some

Fine

and their luxury car caught plenty of stares. Relatives and neighbors came out to glimpse

“Nicolette, you’re back!”

“Nicolette, you’ve returned!”

brightened more at the sight of

laid up with a bit of a leg

“Handsome couple!”

“Beauty and brains!”

you back,

abuzz, and seeing Nathan’s good looks, they even toyed with playing matchmaker, which sent him scurrying back to the safety of

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