A NEW BEGINNING
The first thing Hannah Daniels noticed about Evergreen was the quiet. Not the heavy silence that had haunted her apartment for months after her broken engagement, but a peaceful quiet—the kind that seemed to invite tired souls to rest. As the interstate bus slowed to a stop, she looked through the window at the town that would become her new home. The early morning sun bathed everything in a soft golden glow. Women swept the front of their compounds, greeting neighbours with cheerful smiles. Young boys pushed wheelbarrows filled with fresh vegetables toward the market while sc