Chapter 9
“How are you doing today?” the bartender asked. His name badge read Ted. “Is this becoming your home?” He smiled at her.
“It seems so,” she acknowledged. “I’ve been looking for something around town but I haven’t found it yet.”
“What’cha looking for?” he asked as he wiped down the long bar.
“Something to keep me awake and something to help me sleep,” she equivocated.
“Tall order,” he said. “There’s a pharmacy two blocks down.”
“No, they don’t have what I want,” Cam muttered, shaking her head. “I haven’t had any good sleep since I moved up here.”
He gave the bar one last swipe and then turned back to Cam.
“Do you live in Magog?” he asked.
“I’m staying at a place near the lake in Vermont,” she answered. “Magog is more interesting than Newport.”
“I like Magog better,” he s
