It had only been a few days since Jessie’s early morning visit, but Adeline was already seeing the effects. She drummed her fingers on the counter. Only two customers had been in that day. Two. Ever since Mr. Hollywood had showed up in town, it seemed no one had time for chocolate anymore. She glanced at her phone. Three thirty. Adeline had already had a lunch break. And a midday snack break. She’d cleaned her store.
Twice.
Sigh.
Excited voices erupted outside her store, and she peered out the front window. A small crowd had gathered outside Davis’s hardware store. That could only mean one thing.
Eli Hunt was buying lumber. Or a new toilet seat. Or he just really loved how half the town followed him around everywhere so they could bask in his presence.
Adeline snorted. Looked like it
