Chapter 29

“Biscuit! Come here, boy.”

Tom turned back to Jen, hoping Jason would catch the crazy mutt before he disappeared into the woods. “Everything set up for later in the café?”

“Not really. It’ll be chaos, but we’ll sort it out. If you guys could hide these—” she gestured towards the chocolate eggs “—I’ll wait here for John and go place the real eggs.”

“What made John volunteer this year?” Tom was surprised he was even aware there would be an egg hunt. Sure, he’d seen John at Jen’s a few times, and he guessed he had to do some grocery shopping at some point. Maybe he was up to date about what was going on in town, even if he never partook in anything.

Jen gave him a puzzled look. “John has donated eggs since the year he moved here. They’re from his hens.”

“Really?”