Chapter 1 Divorce "Hey, Lenora, trying to make a grand escape?" Lenora Maynard had just hit the second-floor landing, suitcase in tow, when Carla Brandt's voice, dripping with intrigue, called out to her.
Lenora barely gave her a glance. With a quick, amused look, she kept moving down the stairs with her luggage in hand.
As fate would have it, the moment she hit the ground floor, she ran into Gwen Woodward, her mother-in-law. Gwen always had this way of looking down her nose at Lenora, and today was no exception.
She eyed Lenora and her suitcase with a mix of surprise and disapproval. "Where are you off to with that suitcase at the crack of dawn?"
