His First Lady
“I have bad news, Esther. I thought it best to tell you over the phone. That little house that you were thinking of. Someone came in this morning and scooped the whole thing up. I’m sorry. We were too late. It’s already under contract.”
My heart has been in pieces for a while now, ever since news of the divorce turned my daughters against me. This is just one more thing I can’t get right, one more disappointment my daughters now have to suffer through.
“I’ve lined up three more for next weekend,” Mrs. Pine says. “Don’t give up. When you find the right home for you and your family, you’ll just know it. It will speak to you, in a way. This wasn’t the one yet.”