Chapter 11
A Week Sunday
The ads had started appearing on that first Wednesday after she was gone. They slipped out into social media channels. By Thursday the town had a promotional website. It was slickly functional but friendly and welcoming. By Friday it was the talk of the morning breakfast crowd, the only talk.
Greg was as stumped as everyone else, almost everyone else. The Judge was in on whatever was happening, Greg was sure of it, but he refused to be pinned down.
The reviews hit on Friday, a week after Jessica’s departure. Write-ups appeared in The Oregonian, the Newport News Times, and even the Seattle Times. The bakery in one, Ralph Baxter’s fishing trips in another, and reviews of both of the meals that he’d cooked while Jessica was visiting.
He knew she had to be behind
