Chapter 18 Allen I am just about to wrap up for the day when Hope appears in my doorway. "Brand new client," she begins as she hands me an intake sheet. "And she sounded scared. I told her I would have someone at her place by six. Who do you want to send?" As I skim the paper Hope just gave me, I do a doubletake, and Hope notices my reaction. "You know her." Yeah, I know her. She is the awesome woman I am severely attracted to that I treated like crap and drove away… "She was my realtor," I answer instead, trying my best to sound calm and level. "She helped me find this place." Brielle's one of the most strong, confident women I have ever met. If she is scared, it must be serious. "What did she say when she called, exactly?" "That a friend of Marlon's recommended us. An Adam Tuck

