“I would sell my left kidney to help this library.” Ivy laughed. “I would normally feel odd about something like this, but I appreciate how forward you’re being with your intentions. And, if it helps the library, I’m in.”
Ivy spent the rest of the afternoon just enjoying herself. The Forresters were actually pleasant people. She hadn’t thought she would find any common ground with them. They were from completely different worlds. Elaine came from a family of lawyers and doctors. Her mother was actually the first African American woman to become a doctor in her town back home in Indiana. Butch had made his fortune by starting a tech business that developed software for satellites and then sold it for millions at the right time.
He still had a desire for work so that’s when he’d helped c
