Epilogue
Ten Years Later
“SO, YOU SEE,” TONY said, “I was instrumental in their entire relationship. Why, if it weren’t for me...”
Both women rolled their eyes. Amanda clasped Becca’s hand in hers and gave it a light squeeze.
The reporter chuckled then she sat back and eyed all three of them. “That explains how you all came to meet but what I really want to know is how you came to own a nationwide chain of coffee shops together.”
“It’s all quite simple really,” Amanda said. “Tony here actually owned the original Rooster’s Roast, he didn’t just manage it. He did manage his money carefully and he parlayed that into a second shop and then a third and so on.”
The reporter asked, “Where do you two fit in?”
“I took over management of the first shop while he was working on the deal to acqu
