Cider and Candlelight

Theo Halliday hasn't been to Vermont in fifteen years. He comes back for a funeral, a will, and a sale. Sabine Okafor has run the Halliday orchard alone since the day Theo left. Now the deed is in both their names, and the will says they have to live there through the harvest. One house. Two heirs. Six weeks of rain. She thinks he's a vulture. He thinks she's a wall. The orchard doesn't care — it needs picking, pressing, and a booth at the autumn festival whether they're speaking or not. And the more they work the same land their sister loved, the harder it gets to remember why they were ever on opposite sides. Some inheritances are meant to be shared.