Taste of Memory: Small-town Sweet Romance with a Hint of Magic (Spellbound in Hawthorne Book 1) by Maria Hoagland & Lorin Grace

Author:Maria Hoagland & Lorin Grace [Hoagland, Maria & Grace, Lorin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Leaves Press
Published: 2020-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Fear clutched at Keira’s insides. Ginger didn’t get sick often, and if she was bad enough they were rushing her to the ER on Thanksgiving night . . .

She walked faster, trying not to allow herself to worry.

Brant matched his pace to hers. “Would you like me to drive you to the hospital?”

Keira felt torn. Hawthorne wasn’t big enough to have much of a hospital, which meant they’d be driving a town or two over. Not that it was a big deal—it wouldn’t take that long—but was that the best use of her time? She and Ginger had made plans for that evening to prep food in advance of a busy Black Friday. Would she rather have Keira working on that or sitting in a waiting room, unable to see her? She didn’t want to make this decision. What she wanted was to know that Ginger would be okay.

The weight of carrying Black Friday for Ginger’s sake felt heavy. Of course, Sweet Memories had other employees to help out when either Keira or Ginger was gone, but Ginger loved kicking off the Christmas season. And as much as Keira wanted to think she was ready to take over the café, the thought of running the shop for basically the first time all alone on arguably the busiest weekend of the year? That not only scared Keira, but it would most certainly make Ginger nervous. How was she going to get better if she was stressing over her business?

Which meant Keira had to chef up and fill in for her aunt’s sake. Ginger needed to rest and get better, not worry if she’d still have a business to return to when she was feeling back to normal.

“Keira?” Brant stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and turned to look at her, his concern evident.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” She couldn’t believe she’d forgotten to answer him. “No, thank you.” She tugged her jacket more tightly around her shoulders like a hug. “I’d be in the way at the hospital. Claire will keep me in the loop.” She cleared her throat, determination taking over. “I’m going to head back to the café and get started on tomorrow’s baking. That way, I’m free to fill in for Ginger if she’s not back. Tomorrow’s going to be a long day.”

“Makes sense.” He gave her hand a gentle squeeze.

She felt him watching her reactions, scrutinizing every flinch and tensed muscle. She shook her phone. “Mind if I—”

“Of course not. Please do.” Instead of turning in the direction of Covington House, Brant led her toward the corner of Autumn and Maple and the café.

As they went, Keira responded to Claire’s text. “You don’t need to walk me home,” she said to Brant, but she kept her eyes on the phone as her thumbs flew over the glass surface. Tell Ginger I hope she feels better quickly and not to worry about—

A sharp tug on her arm pulled her back, and Keira looked up to see they were at Maple with a car speeding in their direction.

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