Chapter Twenty-eight

Elaine.

It was another fine day at the flower shop and people had already started preparing for Christmas. All the shops on my block and the block across from me put up a festive theme inside and outside their shop and I quickly joined them.

I realized that keeping the holiday spirit up made customers more enthusiastic when they were inside your shop and I was glad that plenty of people had events where flowers were needed. Despite already being in December, there wasn't any snow yet but the weather was very low that a simple sweater wasn't enough.

I leaned against the counter with my elbows as I thought of my own happy moments. My marriage was going better than I expected and I was glad that all the warnings or reminders, that Zack was prone to doing, were minimized. I didn't expect him to have such a romantic side but I have been with him long enough to notice that he was a little soft inside.

We began to talk more and although we rarely ate breakfast together, he'd kiss my cheek