Chapter 32

Two and a half months later . . .

Cousins, Jodi and Gabriella Garvey, walked the campus of the state’s university. Gabriella had taken three business classes during the semester and she had just finished her exams. Gabriella’s car was in the shop. Jodi wasn’t busy, so she picked Gabriella up from the Phoenix campus.

Before driving home, they had stopped at the campus coffee shop. They sat on a bench, chatting and enjoying their frozen coffee.

“How do you think you did on your exams?” Jodi asked and sipped her drink through a straw.

“Good, I think,” Gabriella replied. “I hope, anyway. You and Jackie spent a lot of money paying for my classes. I don’t know how I’ll repay you.”

“Like Jackie had said, it was an investment,” Jodi said. “You’ll be able to handle the paperwork at Garvey’s now. Take on more responsibilities. It’s your birthright.”

“Is it?” Gabriella said with doubt. “Daddy had sold his half to Garvey’s to Uncle Jack ages ago.”

“That doesn’t matter. You’re still a