Chapter 316

• They say pregnant women are always hungry, but Zayla Steele didn’t feel that at all. That night, she ate the leftover grits from lunch, then went downstairs with the landlady to stroll around and meet people one by one.
• Once folks learned Zay wanted a job, they all kept an eye out for her.
• Finding work in a small town is tough to begin with, not to mention Zay’s injured hands—she couldn’t even hold food steady with her chopsticks, let alone do heavy labor.