Chapter 10Back in September, after Owen and Emma had decided to move to the mountains, Emma had called Holly to give her the news. “The fates have intervened!” she announced grandly. “I’m finally going to live the life I’m meant to live!”
Holly laughed, and Emma could practically hear her roll her eyes. “Oh boy, I can’t wait to hear this. Go on.”
So Emma had explained how the highway department had offered Owen a job in Morgan County, an opportunity for him to finally get away from a desk and eight hours a day in front of a computer screen. Everything about the idea of moving appealed to Emma. She imagined a simpler life in the mountains — the pace slower, the pressure to be successful less pressing. They’d have more time to just be. And between the lower cost of living and the bump in s
