Chapter 15

Abigail POV

While Henry and Adam went to Henry’s office to catch up, I worked with Brian to get an idea of what was available at the fort. Brian seemed to be a few years older than myself, but had a lot of experience cooking. He told me that when he leaves the army, he wants to run a hotel and restaurant. I encouraged him, thinking that would be an asset in any community.

“Mrs. Spertzel, we have quite a few vegetables available from…” he began.

“Brian, please, feel free to call me Abigail. I know that you must be formal at times, but when it’s just us, I prefer to be called Abigail,” I reached out and placed my hand on his, gently scolding him. It was really a scolding, per se, he didn’t know my preference and he was only being polite.

“I can do that. The captain let’s a lot of us call him by his given name when we are not being official,” he smiled at me. I nodded at him to continue, “right, so vegetables. We have quite a few from the garden this year. Lots of squash, cucumbers, t