Finally living the dream

Previously

…The dropped hammer, the shared laughter, the brief exchange – it had been a clumsy, chaotic beginning, perhaps, but it felt significant, like the first chapter of a story she hadn’t anticipated. She found herself wondering about his past, about the life he’d built here in Willow Creek beyond the carpentry. She shook her head, a soft smile playing on her lips. Too soon to be wondering about that, she chided herself gently. For now, she had a bookstore to build, a dream to manifest. But the thought of Liam, the carpenter next door, lingered like a pleasant melody, a new and welcome character introduced into the unfolding narrative of her life in Willow Creek.