I Left Him at the Altar to Hide Our Daughter, and Now He Owns the Inn Where I Cook novel · Chapter 14 of 24

Chapter 14: Unfit

Lawrence let go of me.

"Put it down, Blair."

"Why? It's a lovely shot. The light down here is very flattering."

She tapped the screen.

The red light stopped.

"Barely a minute," she said. "You two should really time yourselves."

Lawrence went up the stairs toward her.

She waited until he was one step below her.

"Don't," she said. "Not down here, with her listening. You'll want to do this properly."

She turned and walked away down the hall.

Lawrence looked back down at me once.

Then he went after her.

I stood in the cellar under the swinging bulb.

The taped drawing was still on the barrel.

I took it home with me.

I didn't sleep that night either.

At six the next morning the bakery was already full of fishermen.

They come in off the boats at dawn for coffee and stand at the window ledge in their boots.

Hattie was behind the counter with the first trays of cinnamon buns.

I was at the oven.

Poppy was still asleep upstairs with the drawing under her pillow.

The bell over the door jangled.

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