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Abby gave up on the pedicure After a long day of scrubbing and scouring, she was too tired to cook so she ventured into Breezes again, greeted by the savory scent of pot roast, seafood chowder, and fresh bread She recognized a few faces already and s a table and sitting alone, she sat up at the counter, perched on a wooden swivel stool with a rung back The fastest thing to order was the chowder, and within seconds a stea with a plate holding the largest dinner roll she’d ever seen
“This smells fantastic,” she complimented the woman behind the counter “Thanks”
“You need anything else, give a holler” The wo up again?”
“Maybe”
“I’ll see what I can do Be right back”
A man sat up to the counter a few stools over and Abby stole a look Older than Luke Pratt for sure, probably in his sixties or ht potbelly She smiled as he looked over, then turned her attention to her bun—really the size of a small loaf She broke off a piece and spread it with butter The real stuff—no artificial low-fat anything here, she realized The sign said ho and they meant it
“You’re Miss Foster, aren’t you?”
Abby supposed this would go on until she’d met everyone in the town, so she reluctantly looked away fro chowder and smiled “I am”
“You’ve got your great-aunt’s smile Art Ellis May I?” He nodded at the stool beside her, and when she agreed he slid over, taking off his Bruins ball cap “I used to look after the grounds up at the house before Ms Marian took sick”
Her s nosy, he actually had a connection to the house “It’s nice to meet you”
“You, too Town’s been buzzing with the news that you’re here, but I didn’t want to intrude Thought you ht be sort of a private-type person, like Marian was”
The waitress put a gigantic piece of apple pie in front of him, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice creael”
“Our little secret,” Linda replied with a wink “And if you blaie asks, I’ll deny it”
He grinned at Abby, then took a bite of his pie and sighed contentedly “Mypie Worries about ure But Linda here rinned, a sideways smile that made hiie to know I said that, either”
The s was heavenly Abby sipped her water “My lips are sealed”