Chapter One“Let’s face it, Claire. Marriage isn’t in the cards for me.” Rochelle Addams spoke through the hair pins clenched between her lips as she inspected her image in the mirror and fought to tame her straight brown hair into victory rolls.
Claire Porter sat cross-legged on the bed filing her nails. “Nonsense. You’re just saying that because you haven’t met the right guy yet.”
“No. I’m saying it because it’s true. We’re just about to graduate from college. No one is looking my way.”
In the distance a train whistle wailed, and Rochelle gestured toward the darkening sky outside the window. “Hear that? Probably another troop transport taking the remaining eligible men to combat. Everyone who’s left is either too young or too old. Despite the optimism that this war will be over by Chri
