CHAPTER ELEVEN
The following week was busy at the library as we had our annual Fall Book Sale to raise money for new programs. Local author and semi-celebrity, Joanna Franklin, came on Wednesday to give a talk on how she became a writer. That evening after I had closed up the library, I swung by Odd Couple’s to grab a bite to eat. My cupboards at home were bare, and I was too tired to go to Abe’s Market.
Odd Couple’s Diner was a step back in time. It was an authentic 1950s diner that the current owner had vowed to keep intact when he inherited it from his grandparents. The owners, Seth Hansen and his wife Stephanie, were a young couple in their late twenties. Seth had served four years in the Coast Guard. When he came home, he had gone to work with his grandparents. Last year, Ida and Me
