As June rolled into July, it seemed to Adam that the only person who was sporting a consistently upbeat attitude was Sally Lloyd. As she explained to him when he visited the Pharmacy one afternoon, she had started seeing someone. Adam had no idea who her latest romance involved, or how long it would last, but her mystery man seemed to be acting as a stabilising influence on Sally, at least for the moment.
In almost everyone else, though, their daily grind seemed layered with a quietly controlled moodiness, the burgeoning early days of summer harbouring a morose, pessimistic outlook; one shared by way of knowing looks, non-committal grunts and a more subdued exchange of pleasantries than Adam was used to.
Not everyone was outwardly concerned about the future of the Water Tower, though; Re
