Loving Blue in Red States
Salt Lake City, Utah––––––––
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Anne Hagan––––––––
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Memorial Day
“CAN I HELP WHO’S NEXT?”
The tall man in the charcoal gray suit stepped aside revealing a woman in a prim floral print dress and a proper spring hat waiting behind him.
“Mama?” The barista asked, her expression a mix of emotions. “What are you doing here?”
“I should ask the same of you!” The older woman waved a hand around. “You’ve run off for this, whatever this is?”
“It’s a cafe Mama, a coffee house, and a very good job for someone just starting out...”
Esther Musser interrupted her daughter. “You don’t need to be starting out with a sort of a job. You should be back home starting a family.”
The woman waiting behind Esther raised her eyebrows at the exchange between the cute
