Emma's POV
The first week back at the patisserie Celeste approves two of my three menu proposals and tells me the third needs reworking without explaining why, which I've learned means she wants to see if I can figure it out myself. I spend three days reworking it and presenting it again and she looks at it for six seconds and says, "Better," and walks away.
I text Dominic immediately.
She said better.
That's practically a standing ovation.
I'm choosing to believe that.
The third week of January Lily calls on a Tuesday evening and her voice is wrong immediately. Not panicking. Careful in the way she gets careful when she's managing something before telling me.
"Talk," I say.
"My last scan." A pause. "There's something they want to look at more closely."
The kitchen goes quiet arou
