When Alice inherited nothing but an old barn while her brothers got the house, she thought her grandfather had forgotten her. But sometimes the greatest treasures are hidden in the most unexpected places.
Chapter 1: The Last Goodbye
The funeral parlor smelled of lilies and grief, a combination that would forever remind Alice Morrison of the day she lost her best friend. She sat in the front row, her small frame dwarfed by the ornate mahogany casket that held her grandfather, William “Bill” Hartley. At twenty-eight, Alice had experienced her share of loss, but nothing had prepared her for the hollow ache that had settled in her chest three days ago when the call came.
