Today, however, she ordered it frozen, grateful the person behind the counter wasn’t someone she knew or recognized. She needed to cool down not just from the warm temperature outside but from the heat inside her body too, courtesy of Ethan. She was glad not to have to deal with one of the many variations of greeting she’d received since moving back to Serendipity: welcomed, scorned, hugged, or ridiculed, depending on how she’d known the person in her past life and whether or not her father had violated their trust in some way. Faith picked up her frozen drink and settled into a small table in the back to wait for Kate Andrews, her best friend since kindergarten. Kate was the only person Faith had kept in touch with when she’d left for college, through her more isolated married days, till now. And Kate was the one person Faith trusted in a world that had proven unworthy. Faith was halfway through her drink when Kate rushed in harried as usual but predictably upbeat and bubbly. “Sorry I’m late.
