“I"m glad to see someone is chipper around here. Could things get any worse today?” Manny, an immigrant from El Salvador, was a highly educated and respectable member of the town, but he"d suffered through a rough year after being duped by a mob family who"d sought revenge against my wife. Once he"d extricated himself from that debacle, Manny and Eleanor acknowledged their feelings for one another and began dating six months ago.
“Please don"t tell me you"re frightened of this storm too.” I slapped my forehead, realizing another tiny piece of tomato stuck to the curls of my untamable blond hair. “Hogwash!”
Eleanor fished it out, then grabbed the tablet from Manny"s hands. “No, he"s downloading the latest reviews for the diner. We gained three negative ones this week, and people are gossi
