I couldn’t let them both down, even if she was gone. I had to find a way to turn the store around.
2
Hannah
“I’m home,” I called when I stepped in the front door of the little house I shared with my dad.
“Hi, honey.” My dad was in his favorite chair in the front room, reading John Grisham’s latest. “Good day at the store?”
I shot him a tight smile as I kicked my shoes off. “Thérèse stopped by to say hello.”
He didn’t notice me dodging the question. “That’s nice.”
“I’m going to finish up some paperwork.”
When I got to my bedroom, I slid the white shopping bag Thérèse had given me under my bed as far as it would go.
Then, I took a seat at my desk, opened my laptop, and tallied the sales for the day.
Four sales.
We hadn’t even covered Liya’s salary today. I sighed and stared out th
