“Morning, Noah,” Trinity greeted.
“Morning, ladies,” I said, heading over to the fiction section.
“Need help finding anything?”Trinity questioned.
“Nah, I’m good,” I said.“Enjoy your coffee.”I winked and went about looking through the titles.I eventually went into the other room and continued looking for something to read as the store got busier.I was going through the new fiction releases when I heard a woman talking on the other side of the shelf.I did my best to ignore it, but when I heard Mindi’s name, I had no choice but to listen.
“So she was wrong all along.”
“Yes, she was, Noah never died.In fact, he is in the other room,” I heard Trinity say.
As much as I wanted to poke my head around the corner to see who they were speaking to, I decided against it.
“So what Diana told me was true, that Fred delivered a lost card to her a couple of weeks ago?Apparently, it was a Christmas card from ten years ago, and inside there was a proposal.Now, do you know if it’s true that they have started seeing one another?”
“LuAnn, how did you get hold of this information?”I heard Peggy ask.
“It’s the talk all over town.I miss one tree lighting in all my years in Willow Valley and something like this happens.It’s headline news.”
“Care to tell us who your source is?”Trinity questioned.
“I won’t.I knew I should have gone.I was feeling under the weather and had no choice but to stay in bed.Anyway, I have heard through the grapevine that things apparently didn’t go very well.Word has it that Noah found the card at her place and all hell broke loose.I stopped in at the community center to do an article on the upcoming Christmas events, but Mindi wasn’t her usual self and refused to speak with me.”
“Oh?”
“She was so closed-off to communication, instead I interviewed Ethan about the article.He claimed she wasn’t feeling well and had to go home.Personally, I think he was lying to me.”
“LuAnn, I’d like to remind you who you are talking to,” I heard Peggy say.
“I’m sorry, dear, but it’s true.You know, I think she has just gone over the edge with all this.I think she is still in love with him, and now all this with Sarah.”
“All what with Sarah?”Trinity asked.
“I’ll tell you later,” Peggy mumbled.
I leaned around the corner and looked over at the three women standing at the counter with a frown on my face, wondering what was going on with Sarah.
“Didn’t you hear?Mindi was denied in the adoption process.”
“What?”
I could see the shock on Trinity’s face.
“Where did you hear that?”Peggy questioned.
“Again, I won’t out my source.I feel bad for her.All I know is that all eyes are on her right now.She is literally the talk of the town.People who’ve never gone to Potts Tree Farm have gone out there in the hope of catching a glimpse of her.”
“LuAnn, if you feel bad for her, then why would you want to approach her for an article?”
Finally, they were sticking up for her, I thought to myself as I waited to hear this woman’s answer.
“Well, at first, I wasn’t contacting her for an article, but now that I know the adoption wasn’t approved because Noah didn’t fill out the paperwork, I want his contact information.The Gazettehas asked me to do an article on the soldier who returned from the dead.They want to know if he has done this to get back at her.”
“I see.”
Peggy looked at Trinity and then turned away from the women at the counter.
“LuAnn, I don’t think any of this is any of the town’s business.”
