Chapter Four
Jessica scrambled to her feet, not sure if she should help Ethan or fix the valve first. The poor man was staggering backwards into the hallway. The water had hit him dead on, like a bullseye to the chest, but it had so much force that it had drenched the rest of him too.
“Step back and close the door!” she shouted over the noise of water jetting from the pipe.
“Didn’t you shut the water off?”
“Just get back!” She reached out with her foot and slammed the door in his face. Of course he would assume that they were on city water, because what else would there be in a place like Los Angeles? But the Sweet Harbor had a well, and she couldn’t very well shut all the water off while she worked on the water heater. The bakery was still open.
So she’d closed the valve that allowed
