Chapter 9: Truth and ConceptsToni burped three-week-old Melissa Angelique and cradled her in her arms. She knew she should put the baby in the cradle, but it was cozy sitting here in bed with covers drawn around them and the heat coming from the stove. Unlike Martin, Lorenz had not quibbled about money when she began adding to and rearranging the original MacDonald homestead.
“I do want a real dining room, a sewing room, a music room, and a spiral staircase, and, honey, y'all know y'all need your own office where y'all can close the door on the noise of the household.” She had rehearsed and rehearsed her speech for the enlarged home. It was all unnecessary preparation. Lorenz readily agreed. The building was rapidly nearing completion, and she could order the furnishings for when they mov
