It was another chilly winter night at the Blue Bar. The branches of the bare trees swayed outside, some brushing against the windows and made a scraping noise against the glass. The place was packed having the regulars like Kassey and Patrick the twins, who were cracking jokes with Griffin and laughing hysterically at each other. Grant hidden in the corner where Marlin normally sat talking to Muffy casually about his day at work, avoiding going home to his wife and daughter. Jill and Marlin sat at one of the small tables along with Gustafa.
“Even though winter could be dreary I think there’s a lot of beauty in it,” Gustaf
The next day, Jill was crouched down in her fields trying to pull up weeds that were around her crops. It wasn’t as hot like the day before. She didn’t follow Celia and Marlin. And she haven’t heard from the cranky farmer since the beach incident. She took a deep breath, throwing the weeds aside as she wiped sweat from her forehead and bent down again. Rover started barking having Jill turn, seeing Marlin walking towards the field casually.
“That’s not how you pull weeds out. I told you, you gotta pull them from the roots. Or they’re just going to grow back,” He stood beside her and bent down, pulli
When Celia came out she was dressed in a cutesy pastel green sundress, to cover up her swimsuit. “I’m ready,” She said, walking closer to Jill.
“You look much different without your bandanna,” She teased.
Celia perked up and blushed. “You really think so?”
“Yeah!” She linked arms with Celia. “Sorry again for the noise Vesta!” Jill tried to smooth things over with the older woman.
Vesta threw a hand in the air, holding a bundle of weeds in the other. “Don’t worry about it! Just keep it down next time!” She said gruffly but in a relaxed manner. As the two g