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“Should we get started, then?” Jess asked “Tonight we’re going to besoy wax If everyone will pick a workstation, we’ll begin”

The glass jars were still hot and Abby could see she had a few bubbles in her wax, but she didn’t worry about it The roo and the aro in the air She was pleased It had been fun,Jess’s “recipe” to add the proper combinations of scents and dye She had two candles to take home later, one a creamy white scented arm vanilla and the other a spicy red cinnamon She’d learned more about Jewell Cove in this one hour than she had all the rest of the time she’d been in town It was a close-knit coossip as most small toere, and not without its troubles, but also supportive of one another when tih

Now Jess had laid out snacks and wine and Abby found herself with a glass of pinot noir in her hand, dipping a cracker in a delicious red pepper dip

“Having a good ti clear and fizzy Abby supposed as the hostess she was abstaining from the wine

“Wonderful It was really fun And everyone is just so nice”

“They like you, too Though everyone was fairly restrained They don’t want to scare you off Lips et looser as the wine flows”

Abby grinned This had been restrained? “Thanks for the warning”

She answered nuh she learned as er women knew of Marian and the ho lass and sreat-aunt was a special lady, Abby”

“You knew her?” Everyone in Jewell Cove seehtly odd that a wo could have shut out the only family she had left Why had she never contacted Iris, or had the tables been turned? Lately Abby had started to think itto do with the secrets that seemed locked up in the house Maybe, in the end, Marian hadn’t had a choice

“I was one of the last babies born there She took my mother in, you know”

Abby’s heart took a jolt “You? You were born at Foster House?”

Lisa laughed lightly “I was, but it’s not like I rehed, too

“Of course not”

“My birth nant With Marian’s help she put ht here in the Cove with tonderful parents I guess not long after that Marian closed it up She was getting older and looking after the girls was a lot of work And, well, society changed It’s a lot less taboo now to be a single mom”