The Blue Shoal Inn by Lilly Mirren

Author:Lilly Mirren [Mirren, Lilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922650177
Publisher: Black Lab Press

Fourteen

Blue Shoal was at its best in the evenings when the sun had dipped towards the horizon and the sky became a cacophony of colours that bathed the world in purple, pink and orange hues with golden fingers reaching over the jewelled ocean.

As Taya jogged around the marina, she soaked it all in — the beauty of the place she’d called home for most of her life. She was born on the mainland, but had grown up in Blue Shoal. She’d moved away for a short while to attend university, but when she married Todd Futcher, they’d moved back to Blue Shoal to open the inn. And she’d stayed there ever since.

There was something about the loss of her lover, best friend and confidante in this place that kept her anchored to it. Could she ever let go of the inn and move on with her life if it meant finally letting go of Todd?

The grief she’d been through when he died was something she never wanted to face again. Her responsibility, the fact that she’d had to keep putting one foot in front of the other to keep the inn running, was the thing that’d given her the strength to continue living. That and their daughter, who’d been so young at the time that she barely understood what was going on.

But now Camden was a woman. She didn’t live on the island. Soon she’d be a professionally trained chef, and it wasn’t likely she’d move back to Blue Shoal. At least, not in the short term. She enjoyed her life in Cairns, and Taya was happy for her. She wanted nothing more than for her daughter to be fulfilled and safe, no matter where she lived. But Taya had to admit that she was lonely. The inn was shut for renovations. Her daughter was busy living her life on the mainland. And Taya found herself with more time on her hands than she’d had in her entire adult life.

The renovations were costing her more than she’d originally set aside. She’d taken out another line of credit from the bank, but that would be gone soon as well. Every time they did anything, more expense was incurred. When they replaced the roof and found water damage, it sparked structural work, which revealed termite damage, requiring more structural work. New lighting for each room had uncovered the need for a complete electrical update. Her electrician had also told her the law required her to replace every single smoke detector with new, higher-tech equipment. And on and on.

It was like pulling on the end of a ball of yarn—the more she pulled, the faster it unravelled until her bank account had been cleaned out and she was wondering if she’d even be able to afford to reopen the place. If she did reopen, would people come? There was no way for her to know without doing it, but how would she pay the staff or buy the supplies she needed? In the

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