"I don't want to talk about this right now," I said.
"When will you want to talk about it, then?"
"I don't know."
"Fine. I'll wait."
With that, he turned and left. The wind chimes tinkled for a long while.
Hannah popped her head out of the back room again.
"Olivia, you have plenty of admirers!"
"Shut up."
And so life trundled on, steady as clockwork. Daniel came by the shop every Tuesday and Friday.
Henry showed up every single day, without fail.
Business kept picking up more and more, and Grace even said we could think about renovating and expanding the space in the second half of the year.
I split every month's profits into three separate portions. One to pay back my dad, one to put into savings, and one to put toward growing the shop.
Days were packed so full I didn't ha
