The salesperson that had waited on Willa thought to herself after Willa left the dress shop, ‘It sure must be nice to have that much money to be able to purchase so many dresses all at once.’ Then she placed the dresses in individual dress bags and zipped them all up. She tagged the bags with notes that read W. Stockholm and lined them up on a rack in the back of the store to be picked up later that day.Another store associate said to her when she was finished, “Who was that lady that just purchased all of those dresses? You just made the store alot of money in one big swoop.”“Oh, that was Ms. Willa Stockholm. She’s the youngest daughter of Stockholm Dairies.”“Ahh…I see! I want to be her someday.” She said dreamily.In the meanwhile, Kaysea headed back to Farmington Vineyards to check on things for her dad and find Heathe. She wanted to ask him to have lunch together with her on the estate.It took her a little longer than she anticipated to complete the work that her dad ne
Willa made her way over to her new sofa and sat down to try it out. The leather felt good and the new smell of it was fresh. Her office looked great as Tricia had an excellent eye for furniture placement. She closed her eyes for a bit and before you know it she nodded off. It was 6 pm when she heard her phone ringing. She jumped up to go find it. It was still on her dad’s desk. It stopped ringing before she could get to it. She had a voice message on it. The message was from Grey. He wanted to know if she was still at work?She quickly gathered up her things and headed out of the office while trying to call him back. Then she remembered that she needed to go and pick up her dresses at Stacy’s Bridal Boutique.Grey answered his phone quickly, “Hi there, princess…” Then there was a long pause. “Are you ok Willa? Did you see my text? I was getting worried about you.”Willa could hear the concern in his voice. She replied with patience, “Yes, I had a long day and I took a
Grey was making a move to be closer to Willa. It was not just about the fact that Mrs. Langley was moving to Lawrenceburg to be closer to her sister, Darlene Miller. It also had little to do with the opening of their new Lawrenceburg real estate office. The Langlely’s had plenty of help when it came to being able to get things done. They had proven themselves worthy business leaders over the years. Even Grey’s sister, Leslie, was a formidmidable business partner in real estate.Trevor was going to lose his daughter to a real estate tycoon from the big city of Frankfort and he wasn’t ready for it. He didn’t even have his eldest daughter married yet. The wedding was happening next month. Two daughters out of the house in succession was going to be too much for him.While other families might be looking forward to spending time with their spouses when the kids were out of the house, Trevor and Martha were the opposite. Or at least Trevor was. He always liked having his daughter
The stars were twinkling and it was a perfect night. Grey hugged Willa tightly and whispered in her ear, “You do know as soon as you agree to be my wife, with your parents complete blessing of course, that you can come and live with me. We can plan our wedding and live happily ever after just like your parents.” He waited for her response knowing that she might not give him the answer that he wanted just yet.She looked at him intently and said, “You can ask me to marry you in a few more months. Let’s get through my sister’s wedding first. I promise to give you a solid answer after that time frame.” Then she leaned her head near his and gave his cheek a kiss.“Ok, I can wait.” He laughed. “In the meanwhile, I will just continue to show you how charming I am. By the way, my parents were a very happy couple too. I’m sure my dad would have loved you as a daughter-in-law. I know that he’s looking down from heaven on us and cheering us on in this life.”Willa was silent for a wh
She put her phone on silent so that she would not be disturbed while doing her school work. She assumed that Grey would be headed to Kelcy Downs for the night. An hour and a half later she was done with her work. She got a quick shower, changed into some fresh clothes for the night, dried her hair, and then laid down to go to sleep. She was so exhausted that it only took her a few minutes before she was sound asleep. The following morning Willa woke up to the sound of the rooster crowing again. She rolled over and reached for her phone on the nightstand, but it wasn’t there. She looked over on her desk and there it was next to her laptop where she had left it from the night before. She stretched and then decided to get up. Her phone probably needed to be charged. Sure enough it was almost dead and she had a new text message from Grey. She laid the phone down on the charging pad and swiped the screen to unlock it. Then she opened Grey’s message. It read, ‘The gate keycode
“I’ve got to say at first I was not keen about Grey wanting to date you Willa. I thought his motives were strictly to help his family out with the loss of the Miller Dairy. I figured that you would be a casualty after he got done handling his family’s business. If in fact it was a retaliatory affair? After doing some digging around and listening to his side of the story, I have to admit that I was wrong. It does seem like fate has brought the two of you together.” Trevor glanced at his wife who was nodding in approval at his words. She must have discussed the topic at hand with him last night. “So long story short, you have our permission to marry him if he should ask you properly. As you know, he has already spoken to me on this subject. The timing is up to you and we trust that you will be happy together.” After Trevor finished speaking, Willa must have looked stunned because everyone looked at her like she had two heads. “Hun, are you ok? Do you need me to get you anoth
Mason, Willa’s driver, dropped her off at work and then took her car to get it washed up. It had rained the day before and the vehicle needed some sprucing up. He figured that she would appreciate a clean ride and based on what Tricia had told him it was expected to keep the Stockholm cars looking great all of the time. They had an account with a local car wash so he headed there. Mason needed to get back quick as he had heard his boss say that she was going to have lunch with her sister today. Mason sent his new boss a quick text to let her know that he was going to get the car washed and then heading right back. As Willa was headed up the elevator she noticed the text from Mason on her phone. She thought about how thoughtful he was to be giving her a heads up. She gave him a thumbs up emoji as a response. Meanwhile in the office, as soon as Willa stepped out of the elevator Tricia got up from her desk and followed her to her office with notepad in hand. “Good morning, Tric
Willa heard the faint sound of her name being called amongst the cries from others in the fallen debris. Also, in the distance the wailing sounds of the emergency vehicles could be heard. Outsiders were trying to get in to help out with the victims. “Willa”, she heard again, but oh so faintly. Willa peered around and saw one of her sister’s shoes not far away so she headed towards it. She held her left arm gingerly as she was sure it was broken and wiped the blood out of her right eye. She kept looking around and calling out to Rainey until she finally found her under a pile of ceiling tiles and a heavy beam.“Rainey, I’m here. Don’t move! Everything will be ok. Let me start moving this mess away to help you.” Just then several members of the fire and rescue squad came in and started helping out. Willa flagged down one of her high school classmates, Steven Hardy, to help her dig out her sister.“Hey Steven! Can you help me with Rainey? She’s under this pile here and I’m a
Yes, in a way she did. By the way Grey was looking at her, she could tell that he was very pleased with her answer.“I just want to hug you so bad right now, but your ribs are bruised so I will control myself.” Grey said with a huge smile on his face.Cal looked away as he seemed embarrassed. Then a nurse appeared with a clipboard in hand. “I’ve got your discharge paperwork here Ms. Stockholm. I bet you are ready to head home?”“Yes, I am. This man of mine wants to carry me away and I think I will let him. Life’s too short to keep a good thing waiting.” Willa grinned at the nurse while she checked her ID bracelet that had been placed on her wrist and wrote something down on the clipboard. “By the way, do you know what room my sister Rainey is going to be staying in after her operation? That way I can call her later on when she wakes up?”The nurse looked at her and then at Cal and said, “I don’t know, but I will find out for you. She won’t be coming back here if she has a p
Dr. Mead finally arrived to set Willa’s arm in a cast shortly after Tricia left. “Sorry for keeping you here so long, Ms. Stockholm. We have had quite the busy day with the restaurant accident. Your x ray shows a clean break of the forearm so I will go get what I need to cast it and hopefully have you on your way to being discharged. In the meantime if you need anything, just press your call button and ask for Dr. Mead.” He smiled and turned to walk away.A nurse came over to place some items on the table in front of Willa. She said, “He’s very good at setting broken bones. Yours is not out of place much so it won’t be too painful. On a scale of one to ten, how is your pain right now?”“Uhm like a four, maybe a five.” She looked hesitant at Grey and then back at the nurse.The nurse nodded, listened to Willa’s pulse, took her blood pressure, and temperature. Then she asked her a few questions that had already been asked before when she got the stitches done. She made some n
He rushed over to Rainey’s side and grabbed her hand. “Hi honey, your parents are here! Everything is going to be alright. I just know it.” He tried to be positive for her sake and then leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.Rainey observed him for a moment when he pulled away and then said, “Sweetie, have you been crying? Don’t worry. I’m fine. This is just a little set back. The good news is that my back is not broken! The kind doctor will fill you in.”Martha and Trevor quickly walked over to the other side of her bed. “That is wonderful news! So just the broken leg, huh? But what exactly is going on with your back then?” Martha asked. Rainey looked really groggy, probably due to the pain meds that she was given. So Martha didn’t press her too much, because she looked so tired and frail.Trevor held onto his wife while at the same time looking for answers from the doctor. “Doctor, this is our daughter. Give it to us straight. Ok?”“Absolutely! First
Tricia placed a call to Trevor just as soon as she hung up the phone with Mason. Trevor didn’t answer on the first try as he was helping Martha back into the house after her visit to the doctor. She had received another round of chemotherapy today and was feeling very tired.After getting Martha settled in, his phone rang again and he answered Tricia’s call. “Hi Tricia! This must be really important for you to be calling me. Can’t Willa settle this matter for you? Martha had chemo again today.”Tricia took a long breath and said matter of factly, “Trevor the girls were involved in an accident over lunch. I’m sure it’s all over the news right now. Ruckers got hit by a car and Willa and Rainey were up front. I’ve already informed your pilot to fly you and Martha to Frankfort Regional. He should be arriving any minute. Willa has a broken arm and head trauma, but walked out of the restaurant on her own. Rainey on the other hand is in an unknown condition as she was pinned unde
Willa heard the faint sound of her name being called amongst the cries from others in the fallen debris. Also, in the distance the wailing sounds of the emergency vehicles could be heard. Outsiders were trying to get in to help out with the victims. “Willa”, she heard again, but oh so faintly. Willa peered around and saw one of her sister’s shoes not far away so she headed towards it. She held her left arm gingerly as she was sure it was broken and wiped the blood out of her right eye. She kept looking around and calling out to Rainey until she finally found her under a pile of ceiling tiles and a heavy beam.“Rainey, I’m here. Don’t move! Everything will be ok. Let me start moving this mess away to help you.” Just then several members of the fire and rescue squad came in and started helping out. Willa flagged down one of her high school classmates, Steven Hardy, to help her dig out her sister.“Hey Steven! Can you help me with Rainey? She’s under this pile here and I’m a
Mason, Willa’s driver, dropped her off at work and then took her car to get it washed up. It had rained the day before and the vehicle needed some sprucing up. He figured that she would appreciate a clean ride and based on what Tricia had told him it was expected to keep the Stockholm cars looking great all of the time. They had an account with a local car wash so he headed there. Mason needed to get back quick as he had heard his boss say that she was going to have lunch with her sister today. Mason sent his new boss a quick text to let her know that he was going to get the car washed and then heading right back. As Willa was headed up the elevator she noticed the text from Mason on her phone. She thought about how thoughtful he was to be giving her a heads up. She gave him a thumbs up emoji as a response. Meanwhile in the office, as soon as Willa stepped out of the elevator Tricia got up from her desk and followed her to her office with notepad in hand. “Good morning, Tric
“I’ve got to say at first I was not keen about Grey wanting to date you Willa. I thought his motives were strictly to help his family out with the loss of the Miller Dairy. I figured that you would be a casualty after he got done handling his family’s business. If in fact it was a retaliatory affair? After doing some digging around and listening to his side of the story, I have to admit that I was wrong. It does seem like fate has brought the two of you together.” Trevor glanced at his wife who was nodding in approval at his words. She must have discussed the topic at hand with him last night. “So long story short, you have our permission to marry him if he should ask you properly. As you know, he has already spoken to me on this subject. The timing is up to you and we trust that you will be happy together.” After Trevor finished speaking, Willa must have looked stunned because everyone looked at her like she had two heads. “Hun, are you ok? Do you need me to get you anoth
She put her phone on silent so that she would not be disturbed while doing her school work. She assumed that Grey would be headed to Kelcy Downs for the night. An hour and a half later she was done with her work. She got a quick shower, changed into some fresh clothes for the night, dried her hair, and then laid down to go to sleep. She was so exhausted that it only took her a few minutes before she was sound asleep. The following morning Willa woke up to the sound of the rooster crowing again. She rolled over and reached for her phone on the nightstand, but it wasn’t there. She looked over on her desk and there it was next to her laptop where she had left it from the night before. She stretched and then decided to get up. Her phone probably needed to be charged. Sure enough it was almost dead and she had a new text message from Grey. She laid the phone down on the charging pad and swiped the screen to unlock it. Then she opened Grey’s message. It read, ‘The gate keycode
The stars were twinkling and it was a perfect night. Grey hugged Willa tightly and whispered in her ear, “You do know as soon as you agree to be my wife, with your parents complete blessing of course, that you can come and live with me. We can plan our wedding and live happily ever after just like your parents.” He waited for her response knowing that she might not give him the answer that he wanted just yet.She looked at him intently and said, “You can ask me to marry you in a few more months. Let’s get through my sister’s wedding first. I promise to give you a solid answer after that time frame.” Then she leaned her head near his and gave his cheek a kiss.“Ok, I can wait.” He laughed. “In the meanwhile, I will just continue to show you how charming I am. By the way, my parents were a very happy couple too. I’m sure my dad would have loved you as a daughter-in-law. I know that he’s looking down from heaven on us and cheering us on in this life.”Willa was silent for a wh