Page 35 of Horn of Plenty
“Yes? You’ll do it?” she affirmed with such hope and excitement infused into the words, it almost made him smile.
Almost.
While he wanted to be overjoyed that she’d put her heart and soul into making Eat Elverna a success, she didn’t know what he kept hidden in the darkest places of his heart. The pain. The tears. The utter helplessness. But maybe with her, he could let it go and allow the ghosts of the past to stay there, far away from the life he and Mabel would build in Elverna.
“Yes, let’s do it,” he answered.
“We’ll do it for the town,” she said, then kissed his cheek.
He nodded. “For the town,” he echoed, working to keep his voice from shaking.
He could only pray that this venture with the city chefs wouldn’t reveal the worst parts of him.
