Part 110 (2/2)

”I'm sure it will be. Once people see the quality of his fur-

niture, he can't help but line up lots of work.”

Leah brightened. ”Yeah, I'm sure he'll be a huge success.

I wish I could go too, but I need to stay home and keep the

shop open. Hey, did you hear we got some new snow up at

the higher elevations last weekend? Jed says just one more

good dump and the resort should be open. Then we'd be

really busy in the shop.”

Maggie explained to Leah about their new houseguest,

then made herself a pot of chamomile tea and said goodnight.

In her room she looked longingly at her laptop computer.

Was it possible that Jed had answered her email? Did she

want to chance looking and be disappointed? And yet, how

could she not? It felt as though years had gone by since they'd

last spoken. She quickly plugged in her modem and waited

for the computer to connect. What if this brief span in their

relations.h.i.+p had actually weakened things? Could it undo

something important? Yet if their feelings for each other were

real, wouldn't they be able to withstand a small break? At last

the line connected, and with trepidation she opened her

email. First was a message from Rebecca, which she skipped

because the next return address was whitewaterworks.com!

Quickly she opened it, almost afraid to read.

*Dear Maggie:

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