Chapter 5Her first night in the pub was a revelation. Jane couldn’t remember another evening like it when the world simply slowed down. Her life had never been that way that she could recall…ever.
She came downstairs after settling in. The evening had progressed enough that while parts of the pub were still active, others were dimly lit and full of comfortable shadows. She ended up joining Aaron, sitting by the fire, his bad leg propped up on a chair.
In another chair sat Hal the barman, with Snoop the aging spaniel sprawled in doggy dogg heaven across his lap. Hal wore a Winnie-the-Pooh tie with the explanation that he’d recently been through Paddington Station. When Aaron pointed out it should be a Paddington Bear tie then, Hal merely shook his head in dismay at Aaron’s naivete. The tw
