No one said anything, which sent Nicole into a fit of nerves. Keep talking.
Keep talking.“When I was in the hospital, I started thinking about how I could make up for my really poor decision-making and then it came to me. A silent investor who loves the wilderness! And then I remembered someone I met through my ex-fiancé who fit that description exactly. He’s a wilderness fanatic and a billionaire. I met with him and told him all about the lodge. He agrees that between the fire station and all the wilderness maintenance we do here, that the best thing is for the lodge to stay in Rockwell hands. He wants to be a silent partner, nothing more. He won’t interfere, except maybe to visit now and then and ski the black diamond run. Well, what do you think?”
Nicole hoped all of her words had com
