Chapter 7
Laney leaned over the counter with a groan as soon as she returned from the meeting at the high school.
“That doesn’t sound good,” Paisley said.
Laney lifted her head. “They loved your idea, but I’m not sure I should be the one to help with the project after all.”
“Why not? This is your hometown. It wasn’t that long ago that you were going to the homecoming dance.”
Laney remembered that night. It was the first time she’d voiced her concerns over living in such a small town. The first time she’d had any doubt about marrying Billy Redford. He’d been adamant about staying close to his roots and raising the kind of family they’d been lucky enough to be born into. After the dance, they’d had an argument over whether Echo Ridge was stifling or Laney was just being snobbish. Billy
