![]() ![]() ![]() Apparently she could no longer avoid the awful truth, though she still did not want to believe it.Ĭhad was gone. Now, this morning, the reality of those rumors was burrowing deeply into her mind and heart. ![]() It was because Chad was her baby’s father that Clarissa had struggled to ignore rumors of her husband’s infidelity over the past two years. Shelby’s items, resentment toward Chad growing as she silently packed the order. She pulled a length of brown paper from its roll and tore it off to wrap Mrs. Then Clarissa married Chad Graham, who took over the store and had run it ever since so that she could stay home with their precious little girl, Sophie. Until his sudden death three years ago, Henry Seaforth ran this store most of his life. Like her father had always done, she extended credit to most hometown customers. Clarissa wrote the woman’s name on the tab and added Owed. Put it on my bill, Clare dear, will you? My husband will be by to pay it. Oh, my! The older woman put a wrinkled hand to her chin. She set items on the counter to fill the last of a customer’s order. She felt numb with worry, not for her husband’s safety, but for where he might be…and what he might be doing. Clarissa was not sure where she’d found the strength to get dressed and open Seaforth’s Dry Goods this morning. ![]()
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