Gimme Some Sugar by Stephanie Berget

Author:Stephanie Berget [Berget, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steph Bochenek
Published: 2015-09-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The muscles in her jaw had clenched as her knuckles turned white when she grasped her fork. He’d hit a nerve. “Let’s go check out the rest of the town. If you’re going to be here a while, you might as well meet some of the townspeople.” Micah threw some bills on the table then stood and held out his hand.

Cary stared at his outstretched fingers then looked away, keeping her hands to herself. The satisfaction he’d felt holding her hand as they crossed the street was real, and he wasn’t giving up on her now. They walked along the sidewalk on the main street of town until they came to the feed store. “Want to look around?”

When she smiled at him, his heart kicked it up a notch.

“Sure. Who wouldn’t want to shop at the feed and seed?” She pulled open the glass door and went inside. Cary wandered the aisles while Micah paid his bill.

A young man came out from behind the counter.

“Tom, you remember Ms. Crockett from the other day?” Micah came up behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder. “Cary, this is Tom Hart.”

“I remember you. Nice to see you again, Tom,” Cary said, a bright smile on her face. “I’m looking for cake pans. I don’t suppose you have any of those here.”

Micah watched as Tom fell under Cary’s spell. He knew just how the kid felt. While they took off for the cooking section of the store that had most everything a person could want, Micah ordered the supplies he needed for the ranch.

With Cary clutching a bag with the pans, they walked back to the truck. Micah took the opportunity to point out bits of information about East Hope.

Cary nodded or gave him one-word answers.

“Cary.” He stopped and waited until she made eye contact. “You can tell me about your mother if and when you feel comfortable talking about her.”

She blinked rapidly and turned away. “Tell me how East Hope got its name.”

Obviously she wasn’t ready yet. He looked down the short main street. East Hope probably looked like any other small town across the country, but this was his town. He couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. “Originally this was the town of Hope. Founded and named by a couple of brothers around 1850 in hopes of finding gold. That never happened, and when they had a falling out, one moved to one end of town and one to the other. You can guess the rest.”

Cary had watched him as he spoke, her brow furrowed. “If this is East Hope, where’s West Hope?”

“It just kind of faded away. Only us East Hopeians left.” He pointed to the west. “About three miles down the highway are the abandoned feed store and livery.”

“Interesting.” She looked up. “What’s next?”

“Groceries.” They dropped the supplies they’d bought at the Co-op into the back of the truck then entered Foodtown.

Cary dug into her pocket and pulled out a list.

“What you got there?”

She held out the piece of paper.

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