Chapter 5
I worked through the rest of the day in a fog. Pam and George stayed until I had a chance to eat my lunch uninterrupted then headed out for the day. My afternoon left me feeling worse and worse as the time went on. The only good thing was, I didn’t think about Connor Lee once.
At home that night I fixed myself dinner and got more and more frustrated. I decided I couldn’t deal with it alone and had to talk to someone. A quick text and thirty minutes later Carrie was at my door.
“What’s going on?” she asked by way of greeting.
I sighed heavily. “Pam and George are retiring.”
“And you don’t have the money to buy them out yet,” Carrie finished for me. “Ah, damn, that sucks. Are they selling?”
I shook my head and led Carrie into the kitchen where I opened a bottle of wine for us
