Chapter 6
An empty bed greeted Belle when she finally woke. Seeing the other side barren swiftly brought back all the doubts from yesterday. She lay there, staring at the ceiling of the guest room, which actually used to be her older sister Prue’s room, and tried to think of a reason for Julie to be gone. One that didn’t involve her having an affair with Hector.
Belle’s stomach knotted.
Finding love, oh, it was glorious. Even just the idea that someone as spectacular, warm, and caring as Julie wanted her, it brightened her days. Growing up on the farm with an older sister, things hadn’t exactly been easy, especially when her sister had started dating. She had stopped riding and spending time with Belle, opting instead to spend hours at her little vanity doing up her hair and makeup to g
