Chapter 12

Ethan returned to the empty house on Thursday afternoon with a loan application folder from his bank. If he could take out a second mortgage or personal credit line to cover the remaining twenty-six thousand four hundred dollars himself, Claire wouldn't have any reason to force a sale. Once the reserve was made whole and the house stayed theirs, he believed the anger between them would finally begin to cool. His phone vibrated against the home-office desk again. It was Lauren's sixth call...