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“Everyone likes apple juice, silly.” I glanced around frowning. “Where are your parents, buddy?”
He shrugged. “What dis?”
“That’s a lychee and kids can’t eat them.”
He didn’t like that answer, giving me a hurt look like I said something bad. “Why?”
“Because it messes with little tummies. It’s fine when you’re older.”
“I didn’t know that,” a woman said as she joined us, giving the little boy a tired look. “You promised to stay with Momma.” He apologized and she smiled at me. “Sorry about that.”
“Not at all,” I forgave. “And it’s not like they’re toxic to kids, it just drops sugar levels, and in kids that can be dangerous—”
“Especially when they snarf down what they like,” she finished.
“Momma, wanna try,” he said, pointing to the jaboticaba.
“It’s fine, it’s a South American grape,” I explained when she gave me a hesitant look. I moved around to the front and squatted down to his height. “Are you ready for some magic?”
His eyes lit up again and he nodded. I picked up one of the jaboticabas and put pressure on it to break the skin, showing him the fruit inside.
“The grape peel pops off. You don’t want to eat that part, it’s sour.”
He leaned in like a cute little bird and ate what I was holding for him. He took a moment to deliberate before beaming at his mom. “Yummy.”
I winked at him. “They’re my favorites too.”
“May I?” the mom asked, and I nodded, showing her how to do it. Her eyes went wide. “That is good. And you make it into jam?”
I nodded again. “That jam isn’t for kids as the mix of berries has a sort ofoystereffect.”
“Really?” she chuckled, giving me a disbelieving look.
I reached over and picked up one of the tiny sample jars, giving her a wink as I handed it over. “Put a little on an after-dinner snack, like share a sundae with your partner, and I promise you willfully understandthe name.”
She burst out laughing when she saw it was called Berry Naked Night.
I let the little boy try a few other fruits, and she ended up purchasing several jars of my Morning Done Right which was a yellow dragon fruit, lemon, mango, and strawberry marmalade and Afternoon Boosted which was a jam mix of goji, blueberries, and kiwi.
I had jars open with little wooden spoons and an array of what people could put it on except like toast since stale toast sucked. Others like the Berry Naked Night I wasn’t havingpeople try right there and had sample jars for them to take home.
My eyes itched again as I waved bye to them, thrilled I was finally here. I ended up taking pictures of it all and sending them to Thora with a message I made my first sale and I would be forever grateful to her and the path she put me on when she saved me. The response she sent me almost made me fall over.
Thora: Good, we’ll get your store set up on your farm before the end of farmers market season as I know you will be a glorious success and no one will want to stop buying your amazing wares no matter the season.
Wow, she really knew how to make a woman blush and she wasn’t even my type.
And she was going to build me a store? I’d heard Sia had converted a house when she’d expanded, but it must have been going well from a security standpoint if that was what Thora was pushing for.
It made me realize I really needed to get the fence up from what Briony had already been sending here. I felt horrible for that as I’d been delayed and she’d been through so much after her shop and stock had been burnt down.
But she’d simply told me to send an extra case of jams when I got my ass in gear. She was awesome like that.
She sent me another message that a present was coming for me soon and I rolled my eyes. Knowing Thora that could beanything. I mean, the sky was the limit with her and the way her mind worked.
And there was no way to plan for her because it could be everything from a puppy because she didn’t want me to be lonely to something completely naughty and made me blush.
Which was part of why it was so much fun to be her friend if I was honest.
