TESSA
After exchanging greetings with other guests, I was talking to Mrs. Gable until Mrs. Victoria welcomed herself in the conversation. She ran a grocery store, quite popular in Oakhaven.
This town was like a small family. Everyone knew everyone. Secrets were hard to keep. And Gossip traveled faster than the wind.
Ever since my chocolate cookies became a hot topic, Maya and I were treated with so much kindness I never knew I needed.
Whether it was the milkman making his early rounds or the newspaper delivery boy tossing papers onto doorsteps, they always greeted me with a warm smile.
Despite my rocky start with the café, I'd become a familiar face in the neighborhood, someone they knew by name, someone they were always happy to see.
"He’s perfect for you, Tessa," Mrs. Victoria insi
