Lead Me On
“The names gave his heart a bit of a lurch. He'd heard his mother, who'd grown up in Galveston, speak of Ellen Chancellor as an acquaintance. John had done business at Norman Chancellor's bank for years, although the relationship had clearly been severed over the Pearl Island foreclosure.
As he returned their greeting, he reminded himself the Chancellors had no reason to connect Scott Lawrence to John and Deirdre LeRoche, or DeeDee, as his mother's friends called her. Her maiden name had been Ho...ward, so DeeDee wasn't so bad, but he'd always thought that paired with LeRoche it sounded like a stripper name. Not that he would ever tell his mother that, but how could she not think it herself?
Adrian took the bag of pastries from him, and somehow the two of them wound up working side by side in the kitchenette, filling cups with ice and pouring tea and juice for everyone.
Scott glanced over his shoulder at Allison, who sat in a chair away from the others, looking small and lost. "Is Alli all right?" Adrian hesitated.MoreLess
As he returned their greeting, he reminded himself the Chancellors had no reason to connect Scott Lawrence to John and Deirdre LeRoche, or DeeDee, as his mother's friends called her. Her maiden name had been Ho...ward, so DeeDee wasn't so bad, but he'd always thought that paired with LeRoche it sounded like a stripper name. Not that he would ever tell his mother that, but how could she not think it herself?
Adrian took the bag of pastries from him, and somehow the two of them wound up working side by side in the kitchenette, filling cups with ice and pouring tea and juice for everyone.
Scott glanced over his shoulder at Allison, who sat in a chair away from the others, looking small and lost. "Is Alli all right?" Adrian hesitated.MoreLess
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