Chapter 114

Gabbie POV

“You are so gorgeous!” The woman behind the counter with red-rimmed glasses.

“Thanks,” I blushed.

The elderly woman flagged me from the street. I entered her empty but cute café. She incorporated red and army green colours. She had tiny tables and a booth in the corner.

“You’re new in town, aren’t you?” she asked.

I nodded.

“We don’t get much new folk around here. You’re not just passing through, are you?”

I raked a hand through my hair. I’d like to stay, but judging by the claw marks on my arm from Selma, Kade’s Mom, I might be run out of town before the sun sets today.

“I hope not. Sanders is a beautiful town.”

The woman extended her hand. “I’m Marleen, you look so familiar. I can’t put my finger on it.”

I squeezed her hand. “I was at the bonfire yesterday.”

“That must be it.”

Marleen tiled her head and scrutinised me.

“You know I could use some help around here. You got a job