Chapter 4: Low Tide Negotiations

By the second week, Della had the ovens running on something like a schedule, though "schedule" was generous for a woman still learning which burner ran hot and which pipes groaned when you asked too much of the old boiler. She'd baked a test batch of Birdie's molasses cookies — Cal's favorite, don't tell him — mostly out of curiosity about whether she could still taste what her grandmother had t...