THREE Because she’d been buying the essentials as needed, Poppy didn’t actually own luggage… not in her new life. So the first thing she had to do the following morning was go shopping for a suitcase. At the same time, she bought a larger purse as well. Once everything from the hotel was packed and her bill settled, she stopped at the apartment building to drop off her suitcase as her new landlord had suggested. He wasn’t around, so she’d put it inside and gone to work. For some reason, Charlotte wasn’t at work meaning Poppy couldn’t thank her for the recommendation. Her whole day was somewhat fraught. The purse she’d bought with the suitcase was for the money that, until that day, she’d kept in her hotel room safe. Leaving it in the suitcase in an unattended apartment didn’t seem smart

