Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

window, looking out over the town square. “It means that Oakhaven is a small town, Evelyn. People talk, but banks do not. They only look at the numbers. And right now, the numbers at Maple Avenue Bakery do not look very healthy.”

“Our numbers are our business,” I said.

“Of course,” he said, turning back to me with that broad, easy smile.continue reading …