For over 15 years 57 year old Margret Carter has been divorced bringing up her 2 daughters by herself with very little financial support. She worked two jobs to make sure both her girls got a good education. They are doing well, but Margret still has their college note to pay off even though they got half their tuitions paid for through scholarships.
Margret is very shy only having a few dates over the last 15 years she was too busy providing for her children. They each had jobs, but that was just enough so that they could get what they needed above and beyond what their mother could pay for. Margret is not model pretty but keeping herself in shape and doing the best she could with what the Lord gave her she presented a nice picture even though the clothes she wore made her look dowdy.
Carl Archer a ruggedly handsome self-made millionaire with two sons, divorced for two years and 49 years old, came into town looking at a few buildings that were on the market he makes old mill properties into condo's and then sells them. He had a few buildings in the area he was interested in and contacted a lawyer in town who Margret worked for as a legal aid. The first time he laid eyes on the older woman he was infatuated with her shy demeanor and timid personality.
The lawyer did the work that was needed by Carl over the next couple of months and Margret was the contact person for Carl. The two became friends during that time and Margret opened up enough for Carl to get the background he wanted to know about her. He asked her out to dinner on the pretense of saying thank you for the great work she did for him, but during the dinner both knew that there was something more there.
Every time Carl came into town he made sure he had at least one date with Margret. Over a few months they got to know each other better and Margret invited him to her apartment. Carl felt bad for Margret seeing where she lived although her apartment was spotless the neighborhood was rundown and he did not want to see her living there. Having bought a building in uptown that he was renovating he asked Margret if she would like to live in a new condo uptown. She said that she could not afford the rent; and so on the pretext of needing an onsite manager for the new condos Carl told her she could live rent free as payment for managing the complex.
Carl brought her over to see the condo it was over two thousand square feet and in one of the best parts of town. She even had off street parking under cover. It was a no brainer for her she said yes and moved in the first of the following month. The condo was empty when she saw it. Carl asked her in her opinion what types of interiors were needed: colors, furnishings and such. Carl had it furnished for her, so she did not even have to bring any furniture with her so she sold everything to her former landlord.
All this has happened over an 8 month period and Margret was becoming bewitched by Carl and he could see it. Carl was spending more time in the area he even set up a condo in this building for himself asking Margret to furnish it and giving her a credit card to do it with. They were the first two occupants of the building as it was still being renovated at the time they moved in.
Everywhere Carl went even out with Margret he always had a camera with him. He took many pictures of Margret everywhere they went. At first she was very intimidated by the camera, but Carl told her that she was a beautiful woman to him and loved to take her picture. It was now over a year that Carl met Margret, she was paying all her bills down and having a great time with Carl, her boss was very good to her also knowing that Carl was one of their bigger clients and was sweet on her. On her part Margret did not know how rich Carl was and she never cared to find out. Carl knew this and was glad that she was not after his money.
One night Margret invited Carl to have dinner at her condo when she got a phone call about the student loan for one of the girls. They told her that if she did not make a balloon payment the interest would jump for the loan by 10 percent. Margret was very upset almost in tears at first she did not want to tell Carl her problem, but finally she told him that she would have to come up with 50 thousand dollars by the end of the month or one of the student loan interest would go up. Carl told her it will all work out and then the subject was dropped. They sat in the family room watching TV Carl wrapped his arm around Margret she felt so secure in his arms.
At work the following day Margret got a call from Carl he was supposed to be leaving and going to another one of his properties in another state, but he put off the trip until the following day and he wanted to see Margret tonight if she was available. Laughingly she said she had to check her calendar telling him yes she could fit him in, she laughed and he hung up laughing also.
Mr. Herman got a call from Carl to draw up some paperwork for him to give a grant to Margret in the sum that she owed for the student loans of both her children, he gave Margret the paperwork with instructions to find Carl and give him the paperwork. Mr. Herman had her leave early to bring the paperwork to Carl. She got home and called Carl on his cell to see if he needed the paperwork right away. He said no, so she told him to come to her condo and she will have supper ready for them.