A Year at Appleyard Farm: An utterly gorgeous and heart-warming romance novel by Emma Davies
Author:Emma Davies [Davies, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838886295
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2020-09-02T16:00:00+00:00
Freya looked up in shock.
âFrom what you told me that was pretty much how it happened, wasnât it?â asked Willow.
Freya nodded mutely. âSo Jessie knew,â she continued. âShe actually knewâ¦â
Willow leaned over to touch Freyaâs hand. âThere were other things of course, things I never told you about back then; you all thought I was weird enough. I donât blame you for not believing me, but to me she was just my mum.â
âAnd just like her own mum Iâm guessing?â Freya said, eyeing the notebook still in Willowâs hands. âSo thatâs granny Gillyâs, is it? Her book of spells.â
Willow looked at the ceiling. âI know it sounds far-fetched, but you should see whatâs in here, Freya. Some amazing recipes apart from anything else, which is one of the reasons I wanted to talk to you. But aside from that there are some⦠well, letâs just call them remedies, shall we?â
Freya stayed silent for a moment, weighing up what sheâd just been told. âSo why am I here?â she asked eventually.
Willow inhaled deeply, letting her breath out in a slow, controlled movement.
âBecause Iâve had a few weird dreams of my own lately, nothing that momentous, but theyâve got me thinking about what we do here, or rather the potential for what we might do here. Once I started to think about it, I couldnât stop⦠only I might need your help.â
âMe?â asked Freya, surprised. âWhat can I do?â
âWell, I heard on the grapevine that you and Sam are changing a few things at the orchard and that maybe youâre not going to be making cider any more?â
Freya sighed. âThe jungle drums work well, donât they? My fault. When Sam and I got back together, I didnât realise quite how difficult it would be for him to up and leave the family business and his home. Heâs totally committed to Appleyard now, but still, having his brother as our main competitor down the road wasnât easy, and you know what Stephenâs like.â
âIs he ever going to grow up, do you think?â
âWell, actually, itâs early days, but I think there might be some progress in that direction. Thereâs been something of a truce called lately, but I donât count my chickens where Stephen is concerned. I thought moving away from cider production and into juices instead might help Sam feel more settled, more like it was our business and not just mine any longer.â
Willow took a sip of her drink. âAnd has it?â she asked, over the rim of her glass.
Freyaâs reply was immediate. âOh yes,â she said. âJust try stopping us now; weâve got that many plans. A range of our own juices for definite, perhaps other products too, and weâre also going to set up a community juice pressing service so that locals or other small growers like ourselves can come and press their own fruit.â
Willowâs grin was getting wider and wider by the minute.
âI take it that was what you wanted to hear.â Freya laughed.
âIt might be⦠Do you remember
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