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Chapter 8

Katie's Bakery was the best place in town to get sandwiches And donuts And cake And really anything delicious Katie had taken over the place after her father retired She'd won a baking show on the Cooking Network last year, which was as close to faet She was now the town celebrity

The bakery was also the only real place to get a take-out lunch that wasn't a burger or fast-food taco

As I pulled open the door to the bakery, a familiar voice called out my name

“Aunt Hannah!”

I turned to see little Leigh Ann and herlunch on the patio right out in front of the Bakery

“Leigh Ann!” I said “What are you doing here?”

“Eating lunch with Mom,” she said, matter of factly

“Hey, Karina” I waived and Karina's eyes lit up when she saw me

“Come sit with us after you order,” she said

“Yeah, definitely Be right there” I ran in and ordered two turkey sandwiches on Katie's famous bakery rolls They put one forwith Dr Mathew's na, Katie the baker, came out from the back room with a tray full of fresh-baked rolls

“Hannah? I heard you'd moved back, but I wasn't sure it was true or not,” she said war me a wave once she'd handed the rolls off to the sandwich- brown eyes There was a s of it in her dark hair, er than me, but I'd been friends with her older sister To be honest, I'd gotten along better with Katie than I did her sister

“Hi, Katie,” I said with a wave ofat the doctor's office now”

“For Dr Taggert?” she asked, co around the back counter We stepped off to the side of the checkout line, away from the flow of customers She had on an apron covered in

“Kind of He's selling the practice to Dr Matthews I work mostly for him,” I replied