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“I am,” she says with a relieved s four kids, my bladder isn’t what it used to be You saved my life”

“I only ever see you when I come in here,” I reply “No other employees?”

“My teenagers help me out in the summer, but now that they’re back at school, I’m shorthanded in the afternoons” She narrows her eyes at me “You wouldn’t happen to want a job, would you?”

I laugh and shake my head, but then I pause “Well, I really do like it in here”

“I guess so You’ve been in alrins “It’s pretty sireet custo the sandwiches and soups and stuff I’d only need you froh Friday”

“So just three days, four hours a day That’s not bad at all” I lean on the counter and so”

“Well, you just ht smile “Why don’t you come in tomorrow, and we’ll fill out some paperwork and chat Then you can start on Wednesday”

“That sounds great to me”

“Okay Nohat brought you in to begin with?”

“I ca dinner with a friend I was thinking about that leue pie”

“Two slices, or the whole thing?”

“Oh, I think a whole pie is in order”

Annie laughs and gets to work boxing it up “I think we’re going to be friends, Remi”

“I think so, too”

Once I turn off the highway, the road out to the Lazy K Ranch – as the sign said – is a little twisty, but not nearly as buht and find Seth’s little house It sits in so out of a chie I like his paint choice of simple white with black trim, and I immediately fall in love with the deep porch that spans the entire front of the house

A girl could sit out there with coffee or a glass of wine and just listen to the nature around her all daht

I park next to his truck, gather the bag I packed full of a change of clothes andwith the pink box full of pie—and clieous porch

Before I can ring the bell, Seth opens the door, and a big black Labrador sits at his side, vibrating with excitement

“Good boy,” Seth says to the dog “He’s still a puppy and learning his manners”

Seth takes the box and letsdown and look up at Seth “Can I pet him?”

“Go ahead”