by Diana Orgain | Jun 14, 2021 | Love or Money, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
Did you miss Chapter One? Did you miss Chapter Two? From Third Times a Crime Chapter Three Scott stiffened at Becca’s comment, and patted my knee, but it somehow felt a bit insincere. I stood, the entire table looked at me and I grew hot and uncom‐ fortable. “I’m going to get some air.” Scott excused himself from the table and followed me. “Hey, wait up,” he said. “I need to talk to you about something.” The serious expression on his face made my heart plummet into my stomach. I reached for his hand, only he wasn’t expecting it and our hands bumped awkwardly. Ordinarily, Scott would have made a joke about it and wrapped his arms around me, but tonight we both dropped our arms to our respective sides and walked out of the room together in silence. What was going on with him? Outside of the main dining area, the castle was frigid. There were drafts running throughout every room and passageway, the broken window in the prayer room only made matters worse. I shivered and said, “I think it’s warmer outside than it is inside.” Scott shuffled his feet next to me. “Yeah. This time of year, it’s like that in this area.” We walked outside. The grounds were enormous. We descended the back porch steps and went past the empty swimming pool onto the rolling grass. There was a large garden area surrounded by shrub‐ bery and in the distance we could see planted vegetables, olive and grape groves, and wheat fields. “The historical society’s done a good job of keeping up the castle,” I...
