Each burger was better than the next, the sauce richer. They were going to win, Annabel knew, her heart heavy. Monday morning she’d be back at the Victorian, working at Hurley’s full-time. How would she and West tell Lucy that Annabel was leaving? How would that make sense to a little girl who’d already lost her mother? Annabel and West would have to talk that through, do what was right for Lucy. On Thursday morning, as Annabel waved goodbye to Lucy on the school bus and watched it head down the road, she turned back toward the ranch, chewing over how the heck she could leave without hurting Lucy. How could Annabel walk out on Lucy? How could she stay with West? Her ringing phone interrupted her. Raina. “Annabel, I’m hoping you and Lucy can come over today after school for tea and girl talk,” Raina said, a brittle edge in her voice. Something was wrong. “Raina, is everything all right?”
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