After some chitchat about the antique treasures her mother had freed from thrift store b*****e, Morgan asked her about the ad.
“Did Norman give you the change?” Thea asked.
“Yes, he did,” Morgan said. “Well, I assume it was Norman. How did you meet him? I didn’t know you had friends here.”
“I met him over the phone when I called to place our ad,” Thea explained. “He seemed like a nice man, and I thought that maybe you should start meeting a few.”
Morgan mentally slapped her head. Her mom had been matchmaking. She had been married to Chris for six years and it had been over a year now since he and his K-9 Rambler had been shot and killed in the line of duty. She had totally forgotten this aspect of her relationship with her mother. She had probably overpaid for the ad on purpose.
“I’m
