His Final Wish Said He Settled for Me, So Reborn, I Left novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Fundraiser
By Saturday night, the barn behind the clinic smelled of hay, barbecue, and expensive perfume.
Forty donors drifted between the silent auction tables with plastic cups of wine.
Someone had hung a banner over the hay loft that read NEW SURGICAL SUITE, with a painted thermometer stuck at a number nobody mentioned.
Jocelyn stood behind a table of pies, directing people to the pecan one.
Bridget had driven down from Dayton in a sparkly top and was already selling raffle tickets to a man in a bolo tie.
"Twenty bucks for a goat photo," she announced. "He's very photogenic."
"Bridget."
"What? He's a witness. He's famous."
Maxwell caught my eye across the barn and tipped his head toward the door.
I looked, and my stomach dropped.
Norma Reeve stood in the doorway in her good navy cardigan, with a cross pin at her collar.
A white-haired man in a clerical collar stood at her elbow, holding her arm.
The pastor.
He had not come to give a check.
Norma walked in slowly, a little unsteady.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of His Final Wish Said He Settled for Me, So Reborn, I Left are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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