The Retired Sheriff Lived Alone for Five Years… Until a Widow Opened a Bakery Next Door.

her face that he could not entirely read. “Pete talks a great deal.”

“He does,” Walter said. “He told me you came from Abilene, that you knew what you were doing and were not interested in being told otherwise.”

She looked at the counter, then back at him. “He’s not wrong.”

Walter drank his coffee. “No,” he said, “I can see that.”

The corner of her mouth continue reading …