played in Katherine’s head, The Mamas and the Papas crooning about the lack of guarantees. She hadn’t thought of the tune in years. Now it arrived uninvited, clear as the daybreak that was yet to dawn, every word enunciated, on key, and emotionally true. Come nightfall, would Celeste and Zach remain in her employ and Hidden Harbor? Would Barry still love her? Could she keep her secret about Zach without losing everyone she loved? Celeste set a carafe full of hazelnut coffee on the Lamontagne coffee bar alongside a sugar dispenser, the lone survivor of Blake’s crusade. Katherine breathed in the coffee aroma, more delicious and pulse enlivening than the best toilet water. Earlier, Celeste had ground the beans Katherine purchased from Maine Line Roasters. Katherine’s flour came from Portland via a driver Katherine had known for over a decade. Her milk and cream from Bitsy’s down the road and cows Katherine had personally petted and thanked. Desperate for a family, she had scrabbled together a bakery-related tree.
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