Chapter 9
The Moore family estate was made of two wings flanking a central living space, all perched on a hill overlooking one of the man-made Knoxville lakes. The house was styled like a farmhouse meant to look a century older than it really was. The entire rear part of the home was composed of windows and a two-tiered porch, parts of it encased in glass. The terraces were made of heavy stones and slick marble. A path led down to the lake, where one of the Moore boats was docked.
On the night of the engagement dinner, hundreds of fairy lights and white paper lanterns hung from the trees and the walls. A tent sat in the grass next to the home, and it was flanked by space heaters that also dotted all the paths around the house. Solar lights clung to the ground and glowed blue, highlightin
