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idea gave her some comfort. She felt safe here.
    They arrived back to the cabin just before his mother’s car turned into the drive. Gina waved. “I’ll be right out. I just need a minute.” She ran into the bathroom and brushed her teeth and freshened up. When she came out, Graham was talking with his mother.
    “Good morning. Graham said he took you to Millie’s.”
    “I loved it, and the people are all so nice,” Gina said.
    Graham groaned. “They’ll probably want to stop by and visit her.”
    “There’s nothing wrong with her making friends,” his mother said.
    “She isn’t going to need friends.” He raised his voice then lowered it when his mother frowned. “She won’t be here long.”
    Yesterday, Gina would have been crying inside, but today she was giggling silently. What was the old saying? Ye doth protest too much. Her flicker of hope was getting stronger.

Chapter Five
     
    Mrs. Brodie stopped at Chelsea’s, and then they headed for town. “What do you want to buy, Gina?” Mrs. Brodie asked.
    “Definitely groceries, and a pair of boots, but what I’d really like to buy is a can of paint.”
    Chelsea stared at her from the backseat. “You’d have to be brave. He’ll blow up if you try to change anything.”
    “She’s right,” Mrs. Brodie said. “I repainted his room once years ago, and he stormed out of the house. When he returned, he didn’t speak to me unless it was necessary for a week. Still, in spite of his displeasure, I think you should fix up your bedroom however you like. That is the room you’re thinking about changing, isn’t it?”
    “Yes, to start with.”
    Both Chelsea and Mrs. Brodie laughed. “I like you a lot,” Mrs. Brodie said. “You are the perfect woman to challenge Graham. I can tell he likes you. He’ll see how it can be to have a woman in his personal space. He claims he’d go crazy with a wife, but I think you may prove him wrong.”
    Gina went about her shopping with a lighter heart. Basically, his mother had given her stamp of approval on Gina’s plans.
    She found the boots and a cowgirl shirt in green with silver trim, then they went to shop for items for the house. She bought a few kitchen utensils she was certain he wouldn’t have.
    “I love to cook, and some of my dishes are gourmet,” Gina explained to Chelsea and Mrs. Brodie. Each item she bought made Mrs. Brodie’s smile brighter. They left the kitchen department and walked over to the curtains. Gina chose cheerful red-and-white curtains for the kitchen and yellow and white for her bedroom.
    At the paint center she bought a light-yellow paint for her bedroom and finished her shopping by buying a few small pictures.
    Mrs. Brodie drove them to the grocery store. “This is it.” She pointed to a medium-size store. “If you want items they don’t have, we’ll ride to Wagon Wheel on another day and go for lunch, see a movie, and get what you need. There are several large grocery stores there.”
    “Millie’s is just down a block. Shall we have lunch before we finish our shopping?” Chelsea asked.
    “Great idea, if Gina’s not already tired of Millie’s cooking,” Mrs. Brodie added.
    “Not at all.” Gina opened her door, and they all walked down the block to the restaurant. Since it was one in the afternoon, the crowd had thinned, thank goodness.
    Everywhere they’d gone today people had stared, and many stopped to speak with Mrs. Brodie and Chelsea, which got them an introduction to Gina. Gina liked them all. She just wanted to get over being the new topic in town.
    It was four o’clock before they got back to the cabin. Graham came out to the car. “I was beginning to worry,” he said.
    His mother hugged him. “We had a lovely, slow lunch. We women do like to talk and get acquainted, and we took our time shopping.”
    Chelsea and Gina were at the trunk while Graham’s mother kept talking to him. He glanced at them carrying in bags, but as they expected, he was too polite to