Forever Fall (24 page)

“Could I ask what they are?’

He walked to the gray filing cabinets, opened a drawer and rifled through a bunch of folders. “My assistant took care of these things. Let me see if I can . . . Yup, here it is.” He pulled a file from the drawer. “This explains everything.” He handed her a manila folder marked
Health Insurance
.

She sat again. Taking it with shaky fingers, Rose spread the folder open on her lap. Mentally intoning a silent prayer that she would find what she sought, she began leafing through the pages of the medical insurance policy. Holding her breath and knowing that this would mean whether or not she could accept this job and begin a new life, she carefully scanned each page.

It
had
to be here. She
needed
it to be here.

Finally, when the form she’d been searching for caught her eye, she heaved a sigh of relief. Rose read silently.

Maternity benefits take effect ten months after the initial date of employment.

Her heart sank. Not good news to a woman already two and a half months pregnant with twins.

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Thanks to Dolores Wilson and Vickie King, both West Virginia natives, who helped me keep the descriptions of their beautiful state accurate.

And to my great editor, Deb Smith, for her guidance, and Deb Dixon for my gorgeous cover.

Elizabeth Sinclair is the award-winning, bestselling author of numerous romance novels and two acclaimed instructional books for writers. Her novels have been translated into seven languages and are sold in seventeen countries. She lives in St. Augustine, Florida, with her husband and two dogs. Elizabeth is the mother of three children and “brags constantly” about her grandchildren.

Visit her at ElizabethSinclair.com