Pearl’s eyes clouded for a moment before a mischievous, determined light filled them. She was worried about her oldest granddaughter, but she also had a gut feeling that Riley wasn’t dead. She had known the moment when Teri, Riley and Tina’s mother and her only child, had died. A gaping hole had opened in her gut even before she received the phone call from the Los Angeles Police department.
She had learned a long time ago to trust her gut. It had been a painful lesson, but she would be the first to admit that she could be a little hard-headed. She had fallen like a ton of bricks for Teri’s father when she was barely seventeen. He had been in the Army and their one night together had produced her beautiful daughter. Her parents had kicked her out of the house when they found out. She hadn
