She’d been prepared for this question, having had the entirety of her traveling days at sea to think of something, and still she delivered it with reluctance clutching at her chest. “My husband passed away a few years ago. There wasn’t much left for Marigold and I back in the States, so I reached out to a few contacts I had here.” Beau had been the perfect one to contact, it turned out. “After I sent a few letters, I decided it was time for a bit of a shake up.” She cast her eyes about the environment with an amused smile pressing her lips together. “I may have gotten more than I bargained for.”
