Chapter 4
Several months after opening Cinnamon’s, Mignon was plunged face-first into another oceanic depth after receiving a call that devastated and changed her life. Her father was on a flight to London with Sir Weatherall when the plane experienced engine failure, causing it to crash into the Atlantic Ocean. There were no survivors. Rushing to her parents’ home, Mignon found her mother inconsolable.
“I tried to persuade him not to take this trip.” Ana explained aloud, as if restating her fears would change the outcome. “But you know your father, he insisted on going. He said Austen had an opportunity he wanted to check out firsthand and he’d return in a week.”
“It’s gonna be all right, Mom.” Mignon’s words fell with a hollow ring. Dad had been the stronghold, the anchor for
