Chapter 5 - Thomas Knew Her Father’s Rule
Thomas Avery had managed Bellamy House for sixteen years.
But he had been more than Arthur Sterling’s employee.
He had helped Arthur open the restaurant.
He had loaned him money when the first kitchen failed inspection.
He had carried Emma on his shoulders during Bellamy’s first anniversary party.
After Arthur died, Thomas refused ownership.
“I know restaurants,” he told Emma. “I don’t want inheritance politics.”
But Arthur left him one responsibility.
A sealed letter.
If Emma ever doubted whether Bellamy should be sold, Thomas was to give it to her.
Thomas had not opened it.
Neither had Emma.
Not yet.
She wanted facts first.
Arthur had one rule Thomas repeated constantly.
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“Never make a decision about the dining room from an office you can’t hear it from.”
That was why Emma became a waitress.
