Part 104 (1/2)

cial ”early investor” deal and guaranteeing her that property

values would only increase as the community continued to

be developed.

Surely, that was enough to make anyone sick!

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~ortunately Maggie didn't have to see Cohn again

#beforesheflewoutofDesertWindsonMonday

morning. He had called the evening before to check

on her, but while she'd rea.s.sured him that she was somewhat

better, she had declined his dinner invitation. He had a

basket of goodies sent to her room, which she gave to the

maid. The young woman, who didn't speak a single word of

English, and was most likely in the country illegally, seemed

truly grateful.

Maggie restrained herself from falling to her knees and

kissing the ground after the twin-engine airplane finally

landed. Instead she thanked the pilot, gathered her things,

and jogged over to meet her mothet, who was waiting at the

gate.

”It feels like I've been gone for a month,” she exclaimed

as she hugged Audrey.

”So how did your little investigation go?”

Maggie told her mother the whole story as they drove

back to Pine Mountain.

”I must admit I felt slightly deceitful, but I told Cohn

from the beginning why I was there,” she said as they pulled