CHAPTER 109

GRANDMA CHARLOTTE'S POV

"I hope you haven't been waiting for very long." I took the opposite chair facing the person I'd arranged to meet.

"Not at all. You look very charming today, Charlotte." Stephen, a friend I’d known for decades despite him being a few years my junior, offered a warm smile.

"Thank you, Steve." I beckoned a server and ordered champagne.

He was already working on a bottle of wine. "You don't want wine?"

I shook my head. "No. So tell me, what have you got ...