Double Jeopardy (29 page)
Authors: Bobby Hutchinson
Whatever fate held, they’d weather it together.
“The angel is blessing us,” Sera whispered, and Ben nodded, his heart filling up with gratitude, for his life, his beloved Sera and then, taking him completely by surprise, for her sister. It was only because of Gemma that he’d found Sera. The revelation was so surprising that Ben threw back his head and laughed, and all the lingering resentment he’d felt toward Gemma melted away.
Sera laughed with him, happy because he was happy, and Grendel leaped up, paws on the couch, to lather their faces with his tongue.
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Bobby Hutchinson's Bio
Bobby Hutchinson was born in a small town in interior British Columbia in 1940. Her father was an underground coal miner, her mother a housewife, and both were storytellers. Learning to read was the most significant event in her early life.
She married young and had three sons. Her middle son was deaf, and he taught her patience. She divorced and worked at various odd jobs, directing traffic around construction sites, day caring challenged children, selling fabric by the pound at a remnant store.
She mortgaged her house and bought the store, took her sewing machine to work, and began to sew a dress a day. The dresses sold. The fabric didn’t, so she hired four seamstresses and turned the store into a handmade clothing boutique.
After twelve successful years, she sold the business and decided to run a marathon. Training was a huge bore, so she made up a story as she ran, about Pheiddipedes, the first marathoner. She copied it down and sent it to the Chatelaine short story contest, won first prize, finished the Vancouver marathon, and became a writer. It was a hell of a lot easier than running.
She married again and divorced again, writing all the while, mostly romances, (which she obviously needs to learn a lot about,) and now has more than fifty-five published books.
She decided she needed something to do in the morning in her spare time, so she opened her first B&B, Blue Collar, in Vancouver, B.C. After five successful years, she moved home to the small coal-mining town of Sparwood, where she now operates the reincarnated version of the Blue Collar.
She's currently working on three or four or eight more books. She has six enchanting grandchildren. She lives alone, apart from guests, meditates, walks, bikes, reads incessantly, and writes.
She likes a quote by Dolly Parton: “Decide who you are, and then do it on purpose.”
Contact Bobby at:
http://www.bluecollarbedandbreakfast.com
https://www.facebook.com/BobbyHutchinsonBooks?ref=ts&fref=ts
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