Winter rolled in full force over the next few days. A storm came in and dumped a foot of snow in the city. Bad weather caused fewer people to be out, which meant the truck wasn’t as busy. After two days of miserable sales, Liam was ready to throw in the towel. It didn’t help that Carmen had tried to tell him not to take the truck out.
She’d refused to go with him, citing that business would be down because of the weather. She stayed in her nice, warm house and worked on the books.
When he strode through the back door on the second day, she smiled. “Good day?”
“Hell, no.”
Instead of saying I told you so, like either of his sisters would’ve, she just said, “The weather’s better tomorrow and I’ve been thinking about how to draw people out to see us.”
“Okay.” He poured himself a cup of co
