.."They managed a game before the wedding which reinforced the feelings Peter and Libby had for Nell. The latter had actually taken in Ralph's advice ...bout not trying to hit the skin off the ball and came in six under handicap. She was thrilled."Watch it, boy!" she grinned at Ralph. "I'm only one behind you." Ahead, my clever girl. When did I Iast play to my handicap?"Nell, of course, had to play her charade at the ninth tee."Um, Libby?" she asked with big eyes. "May I borrow your partner for a. When her father's closest friend, Major Wilson a widower with a large estate in the Hampshire's offered to make her the mistress of all of his extensive fortune, she accepted with an air of resignation that bordered on the edge of madness realizing that she was totally and undeniably trapped in the circle of wifely duties and approaching motherhood. It was something that she had hoped would be a long time in the future but circumstances pushed her into it without much pause to savor the sweet. “I just wanted to let you know Matt Monroe has not only been fired, he is under investigation by the county prosecutor. We commissioners ordered an audit and his affiliation with the union and the school board weren’t the only things that were underhanded and illegal.”“There was a fraudulent vendor account that paid for an apartment. His girlfriend and he visited there often as did several other people, sometimes all at the same time, according to video at the apartment complex. She is an. “Dad, is everything okay? You sound, I don’t know, just ... are you okay?”I flashed back to Girl Scout projects, soccer games and father-daughter dances. I was lying on the bed staring at the ceiling as we spoke and the realization hit me again that there would be no miniature Amber for me to spoil, no granddaughter to take to Disney or watch grow up.Struggling to keep my voice normal, I replied. “Sure, honey. Everything’s fine. I’ll call again in a few days, okay?”We hung up and I was going to.