I breezed into my parents’ house the next night feeling like I was floating. Amber’s talk had gone remarkably well. We sold out of all the books we’d bought for the event and put a dent in the other local books we had. Some of the authors from the group I’d contacted came and asked about doing a similar event in the next few months. It was a great day.
I decided to tell my family about buying READ. Since my loan was finalized I wanted to share everything with them. They’d all supported me so much and I couldn’t keep it from them. I hadn’t really shared with them that I wanted to buy READ to start with so none of them thought anything of Pam and George retiring, but I really wanted to tell them.
Mom was in the kitchen when I got there. Sophie was chopping vegetables for a salad and I hear
