Chapter 14
They were seated in the diner at the counter. Becky, Liam, Catherine, Jeremy with Rachel behind the counter. It was an otherwise slow hour and Rachel was wiping off menus. They could all smell the pies Rachel had baking in the oven.
That was the reason why they were all in the diner.
Emily had taken over the store that day to let Becky have some time off. She had gotten about an hour of sleep, and felt all wrinkled and rumpled, like she was laundry that had just been removed from the washing machine. She was also exhausted and was nursing a cup of coffee.
"Are you okay?" Rachel asked. "You're only on your first cup of coffee." They had been sitting at the counter for a better part of an hour now and by that time, on any other normal day, Becky would have gone through three c
