to work?” I asked as I ran my fingers over a bolt of cloth.
“Marianne asked me to teach you everything I know,” Simon replied. “She told me you were a bright and honest woman with a ton of unfulfilled potential. She said you needed a chance to prove yourself and build something special, so that’s what I’m giving you.”
Tears burned my eyes.
Marianne hadn’t only shown me love.
She’d left me a future.
