Four days later, Elizabeth struggled with everything. Her dad had made dinner reservations at a swank downtown restaurant, but she really didn’t want to go. How would she be able to eat when the fate of her career was here, ready for Dad’s discerning eyes? Things were not going her way. Although the bar continued to turn a profit, the bowling alley sat empty every day. The place had been abandoned for so long that people had forgotten it existed. She needed a way to wake up the neighborhood and get them to invest time and money in her business.
Bianca was out pounding the pavement, trying to get local businesses to join a summer league. If the league brought people in, they would continue it in the fall. Elizabeth had planned on being long gone before the fall.
Now, she wasn’t so sure.
