Chapter 11And so I went back to Dallas and made sure it all the training was running well. I got my schedule all set. I’d be here for the opening, I’d stay a week to make sure it was working, turn it all over to Sonya and spend a couple days in Boston before I went to Atlanta.
My phone rang on a Tuesday, a week and a half later. I looked at the printout. It was a law office in Washington. My stomach clenched. I knew what it was about.
“Ms. Justine Cleaver, please,” the voice said when I answered.
“Speaking.”
“This is William Reynolds in Washington, DC. I’m Justine Montgomery’s lawyer. I have the unhappy chore to tell you that your Aunt Justine passed away last night in her sleep.”
“I figured that’s why you were calling.” My throat blocked and my eyes started to tear.
“Because you are
