Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 2-1

"Hey, mister, you know my daughter?" Lucy sidled up with a fake sweet smile plastered on her face.

Joseph didn’t even glance at her as he replied with an icy stare, "I’m her real brother."

His tone was cold enough to freeze hell. He had no patience for Lucy, not when he was finally reunited with the sister he’d been looking for his whole life.

"Julian," Joseph muttered in a low, dangerous voice.

Julian stepped forward and pulled out a check for 300 thouand dollars. "This is for the trouble your family’s caused. This covers Danielle’s expenses while she was with you.

From now on, she’s done with you."

Lucy’s eyes locked onto the check like a heat-seeking missile. "But Danielle’s supposed to be engaged to the town supervisor’s son," she said, the greed practically dripping from her words. She was already calculating how she could make this work in her favor.

agreed to any engagement," Danielle cut in, her

voice dropped to a

son

to speak. The check still lay there, though, and she consoled herself with the thought

to Danielle, his tone softening just a bit.

Everyone’s waiting."

residence in Soufield, an elegant couple paced by the

Vivian Darling fretted, smoothing her already

though his own heart

the convoy finally appeared, the couple practically

their eager gazes through the car window. Vivian, despite her fifties, retained the graceful beauty of a classic

baby?" Vivian’s voice cracked as tears spilled

could properly exit the car, her mother enveloped her in