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-Martha's Madness-
Book II of the Second Chances Trilogy
By Mary Taffs
Published by Awe-Struck E-Books
Copyright ┬й1999
ISBN: 1-928670-41-5
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PROLOGUE
September

"Martha's Madness?" Tony asked, his gaze never straying from her face.

Brittany smiled. Tony was the nicest guy she'd ever met, and talk about tall, dark, and handsome! "That's
what people call my Aunt Martha's house in Oregon. It's the greatest house, right on the beach and
designed just how she wanted it. But they call it Martha's Madness because she uses it only in the
summer when it's too hot to stay in Texas, and it's way bigger than she and Uncle Harry need. I've spent
every summer there since I was twelve."

"It sounds nice. You like the ocean, then?"

She nodded and set her empty ice cream cup on the low table next to her. "The waves are so great - and
the sunsets!"

"I agree. Would you like a soda or anything else?"

He'd been generous like that all evening, offering popcorn at the movie, then ice cream, and now pop. He
didn't seem to expect anything in return, either, and that was the part Brittany found the hardest to get
used to. "No, thanks. I've been hoping to get a chance to see the Atlantic Ocean, but I haven't been off
campus since I got here."

"Maybe we could go for a drive down Narragansett Bay sometime," he suggested, his deep voice
making her insides itch.

"You have a car?" That was definitely unusual, even for a sophomore. Brown's location in the middle of
the East Side of Providence made for a lack of space for student parking. The lots were expensive and
on-street parking almost impossible to find.

He nodded. "I'm from Newport, and I go home fairly often for family get-togethers. I had to take the bus
last year, but that was for the birds. So I saved money to buy a car this summer."

He must be from a reasonably well off family, then, if he could save his wages for a car instead of tuition.
Well, maybe not. He could be on a full scholarship, like she was. "What kind of job did you have?"

He made a not-too-successful attempt at looking and sounding modest. "We have a marine products
distributorship - Fiore Marine. My grandfather runs it, but I'm going to take over when I graduate."