Chapter Fourteen––––––––
Back in Monroe
Verna Carruthers rummaged through the dresses in her closet. There wasn’t one that wasn’t at least ten years old. I have a dinner date and nothing decent to wear! Panic seized her. Not that Hank Montgomery was Prince Charming. But he was a single man who was interested in her. And it had been years and years since she had gone on a date. After losing her husband, Verna had focused on Buddy and becoming a certified financial planner.
She dialed her daughter-in-law. “I’ve got a date, and nothing decent to wear. Help me.”
“Let’s go shopping,” Emmy Carruthers replied.
“You’ll come with me?”
“Of course. I’ll pick you up in an hour. Wear something you can get out of and into easily.”
“Thank you.”
When Emmy pulled up in her dark metallic blue BMW tw
