A Place for Us by Olivia Miles

Author:Olivia Miles [Miles, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734620818
Publisher: Rosewood Press
Published: 2020-04-13T18:30:00+00:00

8

Maddie was already at the café when Britt arrived the next morning, wearing a yellow cotton sundress and comfortable slip-on sneakers, because she knew from past experience that there were never enough chairs or benches to go around at Summer in the Square, and from the looks of the kitchen countertops, Amelia intended to keep all of her sisters on their feet. It was a sunny day, as it tended to be on festival day, as fortune would have it, and despite Maddie’s chilly greeting, Britt was grateful for the chance to have something to do other than to worry about her unemployment status—or the fate of the orchard.

Maybe, with any luck, she would break through Maddie’s shell today. Confronting her wouldn’t help. She’d coax it out of her. And if that didn’t work, she’d get Amelia or Cora to tell her what the heck was going on.

“Are Steve’s girls coming?” Britt asked, wondering if they were enlisted to help out as well.

Amelia gave her a funny look as she stepped around the center island of the big kitchen, which felt small with every surface covered in trays and plastic containers of pasta salads. “Of course they’re coming. No one misses Summer in the Square!”

No one except her, was the unspoken sentiment, and Britt couldn’t help but wonder if Amelia suspected that Britt would try to make up an excuse and asked for her help to make sure she would attend.

“Gabby is in charge of the centerpieces for the tables,” Maddie explained. “And Jenna will be playing piano for the evening dance.”

“Along with whatever high school band is playing,” Amelia said with a laugh. Once, there had been a time when Amelia had a crush on the singer of one such garage band, and they’d teased her mercilessly over it.

Now, though, it seemed that much like herself, Amelia was too practical for love. And too busy, too. The café was her top priority—she’d used her inheritance to take it over, much as Cora had used her share to start a holiday shop. They’d known just how to grow what their mother had left them, whereas Britt was still struggling.

“Well, it will be good to see Jenna,” Britt said cheerfully. The entire town of Blue Harbor, as well as people from neighboring towns, gathered for the annual event. Some people from Evening Island even took the ferry in for the day, and she wondered idly if her friend Naomi would stop by. They’d grown up together here on Blue Harbor, but Naomi had always pined for the island that was visible from the shoreline, and she took the ferry over every weekend she could, just for the day, to rent a bike and take a lap around the island.

“And of course Dad will be there in his wheelchair,” Amelia said. The unspoken words flitted through her gaze. With Candy.

“Actually, I was thinking it might be too much for him,” Britt said. “What if someone knocks into him? Jostles his chair?” Things could get pretty rowdy as the evening went on.

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