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HOMELESS, PARTY OF ONE
Ella
I don’t understand.”
I stood in the parking lot of the apartment building and glared at
my real estate agent—a woman named Samantha I’d hired over the
internet. I’d driven straight to her office upon arriving in town, just as we’d
agreed. She seemed nervous as she shuffled me out of the office and on the
chilly walk over here, just a few blocks down Main Street.
“I’m sorry,” she said slowly, choosing her words carefully. “I didn’t know
how to tell you. You seemed so set on coming here . . .”
“You didn’t know how to tell me? How about with words? Four of them,
in fact. The inn burned down. It’s really quite simple.”
Dread settled in the pit of my stomach as I looked at what used to be the
most luxurious accommodations Kodiak Canyon had to offer. Granted, I
know that’s not saying much for a town with a population of barely six
hundred. These days, it had been turned into rental apartments and was the
only place in town that was available for rent. And this was supposed to be
my home for the next few weeks.
The three-story historic building was blackened and crumbling on one
side. The turreted tower that had looked so charming in all the online photos
was lopsided and caved in.
“I’m sorry,” Samantha said again, giving me a sincere look.
“I torpedoed my entire life to get here. I gave up my lease for this.”
She didn’t need to know that I was between jobs and had nothing of a
romantic life to speak of.
“I’m going to get this all straightened out.” Samantha offered me a weak
smile, but I had zero confidence in her at this point.
I had literally just begun my big adventure, and my plans were already
crumbling.
“There’s a little bar at the end of this block,” she said. “Unless you’re
opposed to this idea. Why don’t you go get yourself something to eat, and
I’m going to go back to my office and brainstorm. I’ll call you in one hour.”
I glanced in the direction she had pointed. In the distance, there was a twostory brick building that had a painted sign out front—Velma’s Tavern.
“You’ll call me in one hour?”
She nodded, smiling again.
“Okay,” I said, on a deep sigh, surrendering. After all, I had little choice.
Turning for the end of the street, I tried to focus on the positives.
The town was every bit as charming as I’d imagined it would be with a
single stop sign, quaint little shops lining the main street, and huge, towering
pine trees and mounds of fluffy snow. It was like being inside a snow globe,
or on the set of a Christmas movie.
Inside Velma’s Tavern, I found an open stool at the bar. There were only a
few other patrons, and country music played low in the background.
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