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Hank Brownlee felt betrayed…
ОглавлениеHe ground his teeth in frustration as he listened to his father babble on in praise about the new housekeeper. He’d pleaded with his father to eat, to talk, to smile and he was never able to get a peep out of the old man. Now, this impostor had invaded his home and seemingly won his father’s heart.
Hank ripped open the door and entered his house with every intention of firing the phony widow.
“I didn’t hire you,” Hank said with a snarl as he entered the laundry room.
Maggie Woodward straightened. Her trim figure was shown off to perfection in snug-fitting jeans and a T-shirt, not that Hank noticed, of course.
“I beg your pardon,” Maggie said.
“I didn’t hire you. I hired Maggie, the older lady in the picture,” he said indignantly.
“Oh…” Maggie said, nodding in understanding. “The woman in the picture was my aunt. She was standing beside me in the picture I sent you.”
“I had no intention of hiring someone like…you. You’ll just have to leave.”
But as soon as Hank said those words, he knew he would live to regret them….