When Dead Husbands Walk Again

ing compared to the agony th

loor, blood pooling around m

e first person I saw was Eleanor.

s?" she had hissed at me. "L

rprise Michael. She thought the miscarriage was a

rating his new freedom with Chloe, maybe even conce

back to the li

ond thought,

hard enough to shock. The sou

pled, and he let ou

med, rushing to her son. "Yo

e a mask of fury. "Ava! Have you l

the boy right now. This is Michael' s house, and I a

tablish the old order,

magnanimity. "We' ll let you stay. You can have the guest cottage out back

ving a problem. She tho

t her face. I felt nothing but a cold, empt

l' s shoulder, while Ruby joined her brother i

" Michael said, shaking his head in disappoi

ice flat. "She died three years a

s is still community property. Michael is the primary heir.

messy divorce would be bad for the company' s image. Jus

one. They mean

then we' ll get a divorce. You' ll get your share, but I will be

himself. So utte

wasn't a happy sound. I

ring the word. "You think you

who thought they could just waltz back

ng, Michael," I said. "I am

Eleanor. Her grip on

I twisted my arm free and

as even louder than the

eek, her eyes wide with disbelief. For the first

Even the children stopped cry

tood there, frozen, unable to

struck. The matriar

just getti