Chapter 84

The morning sunlight stretched across the kitchen table, painting everything gold. Daisy was munching on her cereal, swinging her legs beneath the chair like she couldn’t sit still. She had already packed her pink backpack, and now she was pointing at my notebook that lay beside my coffee cup.

“Are you writing shop stuff again, Mommy?” she asked, her eyes curious.

I smiled, brushing her curls back. “Yes, sweetheart. Just a few notes. We’re working on the launch today.”

Benjamin slid a plate of eggs onto the table and sat down with his mug. His gaze lingered on me longer than usual, like he was proud I was actually planning. For months, I had doubted myself, afraid of forgetting everything I once knew about my business. But today felt different.

“Big day,” he said, nudging my notebook toward me. “You ready?”

I let out a soft laugh. “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

The new shop here in the US was finally ready to open its doors. We had painted the walls a s