Because of his assistance in the case, Michael Caldwell received only a one-year sentence in a minimum security camp. He would leave this weekend. Carl had been in need of an accountant and, at Ben’s suggestion, offered Michael a job in Savannah. A former crook to catch crooks.
As for herself, she’d won a year’s worth of stories. A new headline every day. She’d won several regional awards for investigative reporting, and the paper had nominated her for a Pulitzer Prize.
Once that had been her dream. It still was a goal. But her dream now was a partner. A husband. A good and brave man to whom honor wasn’t a word but a way of life.
“Time to go,” Star said.
She stepped out. Mrs. Jeffers started down the aisle, her legs a bit creaky but her head high and a huge smile on her lips. Robin’s sisters followed, then she took slow steps to the strains of “Beloved.”
Ben looked grave. His eyes smiled, though, then his lips as she approached. Her heart swelled with love as he held his hand out to her and drew her close, to hell with the rehearsal instructions.
He leaned down. “I love you,” he whispered.
Her hand tightened around his. Those whispered words—the smile in his eyes was the greatest award she could ever receive.
“Always,” she whispered back before turning to the minister.
About the Author
Patricia Potter is a USA Today–bestselling author of more than fifty romantic novels. A seven-time RITA Award finalist and three-time Maggie Award winner, she was named Storyteller of the Year by Romantic Times and received the magazine’s Career Achievement Award for Western Romance. Potter is a past board member and president of Romance Writers of America. Prior to becoming a fiction author, she was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and the president of a public relations firm in Atlanta. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Copyright © 2006 by Patricia Potter
Cover design by Mimi Bark
ISBN: 978-1-4976-6296-4
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