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“Like Mum,” Drew said.
“Aye, like your mum.”
“So, what do we do?” Darcy asked.
“We play it by ear. One day at a time and see where it leads.” But Logan had to be honest with himself too. Agnes had made it plain from day one that she planne
d to leave. Whether that was to go to another hotel or something new for her, it didn’t change her desire to get out of Scotland.
“I want to know what’s going to happen now,” Darcy said.
“Me too, kid, me too. Now, who wants pancakes before we go to the market?”
“We can’t leave without Agnes, Dad,” his soft-hearted girl said. “She’s never been to the Christmas market, and we should be the ones to take her.”
“I suppose we could go later,” he said. “After she’s had some time to rest.” And get over her blinder of a hangover.
“It’s better in the dark anyway,” Darcy said. “I like the lights. And we can play in the snow while it’s still light.”
“Playing in the snow is for little kids,” Drew said.
“You’re just mad because your day out with Zoe was canceled.”
“Not Zoe. Zander and Harris.”
“How about we try to get through breakfast without an argument?” Logan reached for the pancake mix.
The back door opened and his mother came in, shaking the snow off her hair. “What’s this I hear about Agnes quitting?”
The Invertary grapevine mystified Logan. People heard rumors about things that happened when no one was around to witness them. His mother hung up her coat and took the pancake mix from his hands. Logan promptly took it back.
“I make better pancakes,” she said with a frown.
“Then go make them in your kitchen.” There were some drawbacks to having your parents living next door. A lack of personal space was one of them.
“Well,” his mum said as she helped herself to coffee. “Is it true?”
“Aye.”
“How did Dougal take it?”
“Silently. For him. Agnes didn’t really give him a chance to say anything.”
“What’s she going to do for work now? We need to find her a good job in Invertary, so she won’t be tempted to leave. We need her here. Margaret has her positioned to become the leader of Knit or Die when she pops her clogs.”
“How exactly would that work? She doesn’t knit, and she didn’t want to join the group in the first place. And don’t give me that rubbish about knitting choosing you.”
“Basically, we plan to wear her down until she agrees she belongs here.”
That sounded more like it. “Before you start job hunting for Agnes, bear in mind that she might like a say in what work she does. Then there’s the matter of whether she even wants to stay in town. She really dislikes Scotland.”
“I don’t think it’s Scotland she doesn’t like so much as the memories it holds. She belongs here. That lassie fits into Invertary more than anyone who’s turned up in the past twenty years. We all feel it, and I don’t understand why she can’t see it herself.”
Logan didn’t like the look on his mum’s face. “Don’t interfere,” he told her. “Agnes has to make up her own mind about what she wants.”
“And how will she know what her options are if we don’t show her?”
Logan shook his head. There was no talking to his mother when she was in this mood. All he could do was remind himself that Agnes could stand up for herself. “After breakfast, I’m going to make a run to the hotel and clear out Agnes’ room. I offered to do it so she wouldn’t have to answer any questions from the staff until she’s feeling up to it. Plus, Dougal could probably use the room this weekend.”
