Cathy A’s Reviews > Sleepy Valley > Status Update

Chapter 27. What a great chapter! Nick and Gabry are married. Trudy marries Wade. They are having new homes built. Vincent and Pearl are keeping company. Nick is enjoying his new teaching job.

Chapter 25. Gabry and Nick go out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Sounds fun! I’m sure there was more but that’s what left the biggest impression on me.

Chapter 24. Nick got a job as the head coach of the Fighting Bears and a teaching position! You know what that means! Now he can propose to Gabry!

Chapter 22. The foursome are learning lessons in this vacation. Vincent knows where he would like to have his wife’s ashes scattered. Trudy knows what she wants in life and in her next relationship…and has met someone new. Nick realizes that God keeps putting people in his life that he is blessing.

Chapter 21. The foursome are on vacation together in Gatlinburg. The interactions are cute and it reminds me of past trips I’ve taken there.

Chapter 17. Gabry came to Chicago to be with Nick. Melissa is out of rehab and into an apartment that Nick and Gabry set up for her. Laura is telling Nick he should pop the question. They are both headed back to Sleepy Valley.

Chapter 7. Nick visits with Melissa in the treatment center. She is genuinely in need and addicted to coccaine but also delusional and manipulative. She convinces him to stay and help her for a week. Everyone in Sleepy Valley misses him. He stays in touch by phone.

Chapter 14. Mom is helping at the diner. Dad is helping at the store. Josh is helping at the store. Trudy is home but unable to work for several weeks. Nick and Gabry are getting closer.

Chapter 13. Trudy has surgery for her cancer. The three friends wait at the hospital. The pastor and his wife also come to the hospital. The whole town gathers at Trudy’s Diner. It’s a success! Everyone is relieved and rejoicing! Trudy says the surgeon is cute…and single.

Chapter 12. Loving this book. The 4 friends are just getting closer and closer and giving such good support to one another. Having dinner together, Nick’s parents visiting, Trudy sharing cancer concerns, Nick and Gabry growing in love, and preparing for a reopening of the store. All good stuff!