Hunk of Burnin' Love
Chapter One
Hours later she was walking through the cemetery with pink tea roses in her
hand-her mom's favorite. It was a gentle summer twilight, birds singing in the
huge maple and elm trees that adorned the grounds. A few other families were
visiting but the cemetery was quiet. She glanced to the west, where the setting
sun was casting long shadows through the spiked iron gate.
She walked past the meditation pond and mausoleum until she came to her mother's
grave. Carole Reeves, beloved wife and mother. Vanessa blinked back her tears.
Her vibrant, fun-loving mother had died of breast cancer four years ago and she
had never stopped feeling the basic unfairness of it all.
"Hey there, darlin'."
She turned to see a middle-aged man behind her. Instinctively she clutched her
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