All Chapters of Till There Was You: The Thorntons Book 6: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Jubilee Thornton swore when her coffeepot—the one thing she could rely on in a world full of chaos—spluttered, popped, and then seemed to breathe its last. Two tablespoons of coffee splashed into the pot below, and she was almost tempted to drink it anyway.When had her life gotten this pathetic?At the age of twenty-five, she’d never dated, never gone to college, never even left her hometown. She lived in a tiny apartment in Fair Haven, Washington, and worked at her sister-in-law Megan’s bakery, The Rise and Shine. And to top it all off, today her coffeepot just had to die, because apparently getting her caffeine fix was too much to ask.“Come on. Don’t do this to me today,” she muttered to the appliance in question as she began to fiddle with the controls. Despite trying everything she could think of to get it to start again, she had to accept that her coffeepot had finally kicked the bucket.She could wait for coffee, she told herself. She worked at a bakery that served all kind

“There he is.” Megan tilted her head toward the bar. “And he’s not with anyone, either.”Jubilee smoothed her hair, fighting the temptation to check her lipstick for the thousandth time. After losing her list, Jubilee had been so concerned about who might have seen it that she’d been tempted to abandon the scheme altogether.Megan, however, refused to let her. “Who cares if someone found it?” she’d said. “You made a resolution and you’re sticking with it, woman.”Jubilee, Megan and Mark Thornton’s wife, Abby, were at a bar that had recently opened in Fair Haven. Normally they’d go to The Fainting Goat, but Jubilee hadn’t wanted Trent, or worse, any of her brothers, to find out what she was doing.Tonight would be the first time she’d ask a guy out. How had she managed to get to the age of twenty-five without doing something like this? How embarrassing.Her first “target” (Megan’s word) was Ash Younger. Ash was handsome and tall, his arms bulging through the cotton of his t-shirt.

“Here you go,” Jubilee said as she handed the Americano and blueberry muffin to a woman not much younger than her. “Is that all?”“I haven’t had a muffin in six months.” The girl inhaled the scent of sugar and blueberries and moaned aloud. “I’m tempted to buy all of them and eat them in one go.”Jubilee laughed. “Maybe just start with one. Although our pumpkin spice muffin is really good, too.”The girl groaned, paid for her food, and left before she could be tempted further. It was mid-morning, and the early morning rush had petered out.Jubilee drummed her fingers against the counter. She’d already wiped down all the tables and organized the baked goods in the glass case after the usual morning depletion. Megan was currently in the back finishing up a batch of bread, and Jubilee could smell it baking. Even though she’d been working here for two years now, her stomach still rumbled at how amazing it always smelled.Had it really been two years since she’d moved out of her parents

Fair Haven wasn’t exactly a town with a lot of big events like concerts and festivals, other than the annual pumpkin festival in the fall, but when Jubilee saw on Facebook that a local band was playing at a newly opened club downtown, she bought a ticket without hesitation. She’d somehow managed to go twenty-five years without ever going to a concert, other than some school concert as a kid.She considered texting Megan to go with her, but then she decided that she’d rather go alone. She didn’t want to answer any questions. Megan already suspected something was up, especially when Jubilee only told her that her date with Brian had been mediocre at best.Brian had texted a few times since their date. Jubilee eventually told him that she wasn’t interested in a second date, although she wished him well. To her relief, he didn’t bother her again. She just hoped she didn’t run into him again.Saturday night, she arrived at the concert and found herself in a mass of people that smelled li