Chapter 19
Shay poured flour into a bowl as she had been spending most of her nights at the bakery. She didn’t want to go home because it only reminded her of how utterly alone she was. She didn’t want to go out because she didn’t want to answer questions. Town gossip spread like wildfire, alerting the people that something had happened in New York, and she and Matt were no longer together. Seventeen years in the making, and it was over before it started.
Baking usually brought Shay peace and happiness, but as she cracked an egg, tears poured down her cheeks. Unable to control the onslaught of emotion, she dropped the egg, shell and all, into the bowl. She sobbed into her hand as the events of the last week caught up with her.
After indulging in her own pity, she took a deep breath and
