Chapter 1After parking, Micah Bates got down from his car. It was nearly the end of winter so the weather was getting a bit warmer, but when the wind blew, he shivered a little. He was standing in front of Bates’ Cold Delight, the one and only ice cream parlor in Strongfair, Maine. The ice cream parlor had once belonged to his paternal grandparents. His father had inherited the ice cream parlor and run it successfully for many years before retiring and passing the business down to him. He was about to walk up to the door when he noticed the large piece of paper that had been pasted on the window of the shop to the left of his ice cream parlor was gone.
“Oh, is it finally off the market?” Micah muttered under his breath.
Out of curiosity, he made his way toward the shop, which used to bel
