Chapter 43
“I appreciate you letting me stay here tonight,” she said. Her drink was half-gone. She didn’t remember sipping that much more. “I don’t have a lot of friends I can turn to in times like this.”
“Oh, it’s no trouble to me. I gave Jesse a hard time about it, but I enjoy the company.” She took a swallow of her drink. “Besides, you should never drink alone.”
Emma glanced around at the towering shelves. “How long have you had the store?”
Michelle settled down again, reaching for another cookie. “Most of my life, though it wasn’t always here. I had a tiny little building that used to be somebody’s tiny little house.” Her eyes turned wistful. “It was dank and bad for the books, but you know, it was mine.”