The Scholarship
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“They’ll be gone when I get back.”
“It isn’t that far from work,” Reese said, tilting her head and pointing her finger for emphasis.
Ella tried to calculate the pros and cons. She’d wanted to buy, because it was a good investment, and she wasn’t sure she wanted to spend all that money that she’d never recover, even if it gave her a chance to live in her grandparents’ house.
“I was considering buying,” Ella said, and looked out over the water, hoping to find the answer in the rising sun. “Let me think.”
“Oh, don’t be difficult. How about rent to own? The property’s a good investment for my estate, and when I kick the bucket, you can settle it with Bucky.”
Ella didn’t have to debate for long. The lake was exactly where she’d always wanted to be, and now she had the chance. It was an expense, but really—what else was she doing with her money, anyway? Why not invest it in a place she’d love to come home to after those long business trips?
Nodding, she hugged Sophie. “It’s a deal,” she said.
She met Reese’s eyes over Sophie’s shoulder, and Reese winked at her. Then they both turned to face the rising sun and all the promise of a new day and the future they would share.
About the Author
Jaime Maddox grew up on the banks of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania. As the baby in a family of many children, she was part adored and part ignored, forcing her to find creative ways to fill her time. Her childhood was idyllic, spent hiking, rafting, biking, climbing, and otherwise skinning knees and knuckles. Reading and writing became passions. Although she left home for a brief stint in the big cities of Philadelphia, PA, and Newark, NJ, as soon as she acquired the required paperwork—a medical degree and residency certificate—she came running back. She fills her hours with a bustling medical practice, two precocious sons, a disobedient dog, and an extraordinary woman who helps her to keep it all together. In her abundant spare time, she reads, writes, twists her body into punishing yoga poses, and whacks golf balls deep into forests. She detests airplanes, snakes, and people who aren’t nice. Her loves are the foods of the world, Broadway musicals, traveling, sandy beaches, massages and pedicures, and the Philadelphia Phillies. On the bucket list: publishing a children’s book, recording a song, creating a board game, obtaining a patent, exploring Alaska.
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