His mother rustled around the kitchen, cleaning up from breakfast, and he could hear the quiet hum of conversation between her and his father. His Grampa, eager to see if all the work at the church was complete, had left after a quick snack. Carter looked out under the big oaks, where Taylor and Jinx played a game of fetch with a ratty tennis ball. It felt good to hear Taylor’s happy laughter again, mixed with Jinx’s exuberant barks. He flipped through Friday’s newspaper after studying the Saturday morning edition. He’d missed several days being away in California. He needed to start catching up on local happenings again, to start meshing back into the community. His eyes slid over the local news items—new bank branch opening, local teacher given an award, rockslide slowing traffic on a section of the Foothills Parkway. Flipping the page, he started reading one of the local columns about the Carver orchards and the Carver’s Applehouse Restaurant. Carter scanned the history of the orchard with interest, enjoying the account of Kyle Carver starting the orchard by hand-grafting and planting apple trees in his cornfield in the 1940s.
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