Anna Meets Her Match
"Da-a-a-dy!" Gilli's muffled voice called from the backseat of the silver sedan as Reeves Leland lifted the last of the suitcases from the trunk. "Out!" Gilli demanded, rattling the disabled door handle.
He had parked the car beneath the porte cochere on the west side of the massive antebellum mansion known as Chatam House, where he and his daughter had come seeking sanctuary. "In a minute, Gilli," he said, closing the trunk lid.
Since turning three six months earlier, his daughter had grown increasingly difficult, as if he didn't have enough problems. He thought of the letter that he'd recently received from his ex-wife. The divorce had been final for nearly a year, but she had suddenly decided that he hadn't treated her fairly in the settlement. He shook his head, more pressing concerns crowding his mind. The most immediate had to do with housing.
Honeybees had driven him and his daughter out of their home. Honeybees!
Pausing in stunned contemplation Reeves felt the gray chill of an early February breeze permeate the camel-tan wool of his tailored overcoat. It rattled the dried leaves of the enormous magnolia tree on the west lawn like old bones, adding to t ... read full excerpt from: Anna Meets Her Match ebook
