A Thousand Wishes by Jackie Castle

Author:Jackie Castle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clean and wholesome romance, sweet romance, YA romance, small town stories, contemporary women's fiction
Publisher: Jackie Castle
Published: 2019-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The following months flew by in a blur for Kenna. After surprising her with a visit Christmas night, Leon had stayed the whole weekend. At Murry’s house, of course, upon her brother’s insistent invitation.

Before he returned home, they’d promised to keep in touch and had done so on a daily basis. Between video chats and texts, her last semester turned out to be one of her best.

“I so think you should do it, Leon,” Kenna said one spring night during one of their face-time chats. She’d propped the phone on her desk so she could talk and look up statistics on her computer at the same time. “I could even help you devise a business plan when we meet for Spring Break.”

Leon who was on his couch with the television on in the background chuckled. He’d been able to keep his apartment by taking part-time work at the Winters’ Lodge and Haley’s Inn once it reopened for Valentines.

Kenna was extra busy as tax time approached, helping friends with their income tax forms. She was stashing the extra cash to pay for a room at Haley’s B&B during the summer months.

“You really think I can go up against my uncle? And Haley’s restaurant? Not to mention Mallory Carson’s diner.”

“Yep. As a visitor to Madison Creek, I never would have gone to the Lakeshore. It was too expensive and fancy. Matter-of-fact, I only ate the dinners that you brought me from there.”

He rubbed at his tired face. She could tell he was worried about what to do next and didn’t really want to keep working part-time jobs as he’d been doing. “The things I brought you weren’t even on the menu, Boo.”

She liked the pet name he called her.

“Listen,” Kenna countered. “Mallory’s diner is nice and the food is good, but it’s normal diner food. The only other place, aside from the weekend barbecue restaurant, is fast food burgers. You, however, make some ahh-mazing burgers. Why you have to drive to the next town just for pizza and I bet—”

“My pizza isn’t anything like you get around here. I use specialty cheese and my sauce would never taste like ketchup, nor my crust like cardboard.”

Kenna turned to face her phone. “Madison Creek needs you, Leon. They need a place that serves healthy, yet casual meals. So you sell gourmet burgers and pizzas. Your sweet potato and zucchini fries are also delicious and nobody anywhere makes them. You can so do this.”

“You think?” That twinkle appeared in his silvery eyes. “Doubt too many people will like zucchini fries.”

“So, you can still make normal ones, but you wait. People really do want to eat healthier meals. No doubts whatsoever.”

“I’m not sure about running my own business. I don’t know the first thing—”

“I do! I’ll have a degree soon, duh.”

Leon sat up, knocking his phone over. For a moment, she could only see the ceiling, before he righted it again. His face had turned from tired to serious and maybe a little cautious. “You’d be interested in helping me with this? Would you, really?”

Kenna’s breath caught.

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