

Being this close to getting the bank loan, she could practically taste freedom.

The irony of it all was that their parents’ debt to Aidan was what tied Olivia to her farce of a marriage. And until she lived on her own, she couldn’t rescue her brothers from the lunatics they called parents. Without the café, she couldn’t move out of her estranged husband’s guest room. She needed to convince him to loan her the money to start her café. She had to get to the meeting with her bank manager on time. You need a filling on the lower right.Ī trickle of sweat slithered down her spine.

The dentist stood back and flexed his aged shoulders. Right now, she was praying for deliverance from the dentist’s drill. Olivia was a devout catholic in two circumstances: on planes and at the dentist.
