Chapter 9 - The Cottage Was Never Just a Cottage

For eight years, I believed the cottage at Lake Bellamy was a kindness.
It had two bedrooms, a wide front porch, and a stone fireplace Walter and I had fallen in love with during a rainy weekend drive.
When Gertrude lost her husband, I offered her the place.
She needed somewhere to recover.
May you like
I had enough.
It