Ursula announced. Faith and she were sitting on the back porch of The Pines shelling peas. They hadn’t had the traditional salmon and peas on the Fourth, so they were having it now for Sunday dinner at the Millers’ cottage later. “They’ll be here Tuesday and he said he has a surprise for us.” “No hints?” Faith said. She was happy to have a comforting, culinary task as she was in need of a pleasant distraction. Tom had called last night and again this morning. Nothing had changed. Marian was still resting comfortably and they would find out tomorrow when her surgery would be performed. Faith was less worried about her mother-in-law—she was in good hands—than she was about her son. She hadn’t told Tom about the fight. There was nothing he could do about it from so far away and she didn’t want to worry him. But she did wish he were here to both have a talk with Ben and also reassure Faith that it wasn’t a big deal. Or was it? Fortunately Ben’s boss had just pulled out of the parking lot, so he didn’t see his employee try to engage a customer, who also appeared to be the boss’s new friend, in fisticuffs.
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