Mrs.

Gertrude leaned closer to him and whispered softly, “First we need to get the loan approval.

The house is in Giselle’s name, but she always does whatever you ask, so just tell her it’s an investment for your business.”

The house they were talking about was the one my mother had given me two years before I got married, the very home where I had welcomed Mrs.

Gertrude like my own mother.