LARA MALLORY OPENED UP A MEDICAL CLINIC IN A SMALL TEXAS TOWN. NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHY SHE DID THIS AND THEY DIDN'T WANT HER THERE AT ALL. SHE WAS MARRIED AAT ONE TIME BUT SUPPOSEDLY DATING A SENATOR THAT WAS FROM THIS OIL RICH TOWN. HIS FAMILY HAD OIL INTERESTS AND EVERYONE THOUGHT SHE WAS OUT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MONEY IN THE FAMILY. LAURA MET CLARKS BROTHER KEY AND THE FAMILY WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS. CLARK HAD BEEN KILLED AND THEY FIGURED SHE CAME TO THIS SMALL TOWN TO GET RICH FAST, LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT CLARK HAD LEFT HER THIS PROPERTY IN HIS WILL. NOW IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, READ THE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!