Bountiful by Sarina Bowen

Author:Sarina Bowen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942444473
Publisher: Rennie Road Books

* * *

Alec got chatty as the meal wore on, taking some of the focus away from me. “I think all those emails I wrote to travel bloggers are paying off. The summer tourists have found The Gin Mill.”

“It’s either that or the fact that you’re sleeping with that woman from the distributor,” Benito teased him. “You never run out of the hard-to-get beers anymore.”

Alec grinned, and Mrs. Rossi gave them both a stern look.

“Seriously, though. Business is good. If my cash flow keeps up I can renovate the mill kitchen and think about serving food.”

“Don’t get out over your skis,” Otto grumbled. “The off-seasons’ll kill ya. Running a bar is hard.”

“Oh yeah?” I heard myself ask. “Do you run a bar?”

“The Mountain Goat in Tuxbury,” he said. “Goin’ on fifteen years now.”

“Huh.” I picked up my excellent beer and took a sip. “Two years ago I went there all the time. Never met you, though. Seemed like Zara was running the whole show—tending bar, managing the help, keeping the place orderly. Tossing out the drunks, too. You’re right—looked like a lot of work.”

Otto chewed slowly, staring me down. Maybe he was trying to decide whether or not I’d meant to call him out on if he’d put in hours at The Mountain Goat. Under the table, Zara nudged me with her knee. But I was pretty sure it was more of a solidarity tap than a plea to shut up.

Meanwhile, Benito hid his smile behind his beer can. At least somebody found me funny.

“This is a great meal, Mom,” Zara said, deflecting. “Is the baby still eating?”

“She sure is. Another member of the clean-plate club. Takes after her daddy, maybe?”

Daddy. How wild that she was referring to me.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.