The Shop on Main: Small Town Romance (Comfort Crossing Book 1) by Kay Correll

Author:Kay Correll
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Family Saga, small town romance, Southern, Romance, Friends, Women's Fiction
Publisher: Rose Quartz Press
Published: 2014-06-09T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Owen sat at the breakfast table at the Sweet Tea. Rebecca had made a delicious breakfast and he was relaxing with a second cup of coffee.

“Mind if I join you?” Rebecca came in with a mug of coffee in her hand. “I’m letting the skillet soak. Thought I’d take a little rest.”

“No, please, join me.”

Rebecca sat down across from him. “So, are you here for much longer?”

“Yes, actually, I need to be here for a while longer. Do you still have room for me for a bit?”

“Yes, that’s not a problem. We have a group coming this weekend, but I’ll still have room for you. Larry will be pleased that we’ll be completely full.”

“Great.” Owen wasn’t in the mood to change to another place to stay. He liked Rebecca and Larry’s B&B. He liked being able to walk to everything here in town. Then, of course, there was Izzy. He sure wasn’t ready to say goodbye to her yet.

“Have you been finding things to keep you busy? I know a small town must be very different than Chicago.” Rebecca took a sip of her coffee.

“I have. Been taking my time exploring the town. Even went out for a picnic last night.”

“Really? Who with?”

“Izzy Hardy.”

“Who?” Rebecca wrinkled her brow. “Izzy Hardy? Oh, you mean Bella Amaud. Everyone calls her Bella, except Jenny and Becky Lee, who for some reason have always called her Izzy. Both nicknames are short for her real name, Isabella. She owns Bella’s Vintage Shop down the street. She goes by her maiden name again since she and Rick split up.”

The world tilted and spun around him.

No, he couldn’t possibly mean Bella Amaud. He meant Izzy Hardy. Not the woman who owned Bella’s Vintage Shop. The shop in the building he had just bought for his brother. The woman who was getting kicked out of the building at the end of the month.

Izzy. Isabella. Bella. His heart plunged.

“She owns Bella’s Vintage Shop?”

“She does. She’s done a fabulous job with it. Built it all up on her own after her husband left her. She lives above it with her boys. Didn’t she tell you?”

The sinking feeling got worse. He was going to throw Izzy and her boys out of their home too? Things couldn’t get more messed up. He sure hadn’t put the name Bella with Izzy. She was going to hate him, and he didn’t blame her one bit.

“You okay? You don’t look so good.” Rebecca peered at him closely.

“Well, it appears I’ve made a bit of a mess of things.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ve bought the building that she has her shop in. I gave it back to my brother and his mother. It had been in their family for generations.”

Rebecca put down her mug. “Your brother? Jake Landry?”

Owen was so rattled that now he had broken his promise to Jake. He’d told about their connection. “Well, darn it. I didn’t mean to say that. Yes, Jake is my half-brother. I just found out a while ago and came to find him.

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