The Billionaire's Touch

CHAPTER 5

"Tell me again exactly why we're here?" Hope asked Evan

as they passed down each aisle of the supermarket closest

to the Peninsula. She was dropping things into the cart as

Evan navigated it down the aisle with the junk food.

"Because you told me that Randi lives outside of

town and she might need supplies," Evan answered his

sister calmly, even though he'd explained himself several.

times. "There's a second coming in, according to the

weather report.

What if she can't get into town?

What if she lost power and she's all alone out in the coun-

try?

What if she doesn't have enough to eat?

Hope tossed a bag of chips and some dip into the cart,

she stopped and propped her hands on her hips. "Since

when would you care? I talked to Randi this morning to

see if she needed anything, and she said she was fine. The

power is still on, and she was getting ready to go out and

clear the snow with her plow. She just mentioned possibly

needing to come into town. She's lived in Maine for over

fourteen years, Evan, Believe me, Miranda Tyler knows how

to get through snow."

"Miranda?" Evan looked at Hope, confused.

Hope went back to throwing food in the cart. "Miranda

is her full name, but everybody calls her Randi," she clari-

fied.

"She didn't grow up here?" Evan asked casually. He'd al-

ways assumed that Amesport was her hometown.

He reached down and removed the chips and dip from

the cart to put them back. It was a pure hunk, with very little

nutritional value.

"Hold it!" Hope said firmly. "Put those back. You asked

me to come here to help you pick out what Randi likes.

Those are her favorites."

Evan peered into the cart, frowning. "Does she eat any-

thing healthy?"

Hope's laughter rang out merrily in the crowded store.

"Not often, and not much you would approve of. She's a

junk-food junkie, but she's a runner, so she burns the calo-

ries as fast she puts them in her mouth." She snatched