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Chapter 19

“Wait until they see the new Frank and the new McCord’s Hardware.”

“McCord’s Hardware? You’re finally changing the name? Why not Frank’s Hardware?”

“Nope. McCord’s. Putting the family front and center like it should’ve been all along. I always thought my grandfather’s austerity went a little too far—naming it just Hardware.”

Lloyd nodded and sipped. “A new Frank and a new name for the store, huh?”

“Yup. No more overalls, no more bow tie, and a lot more variety in merchandise. I’m going to expand out of the hardware business and into the twenty-first century.”

His eyes got wide, and he grinned at me.

“Well, that should keep the talk around town interesting.” He ran a finger along the lip of his mug. “This have anything to do with Christopher and Henry Darling?”

I nodded.

“It has everything to do with them. And with Emil. And my longtime disgust with my life.”