Zach initiated building a restaurant in town, and Viola had the idea of adding a bakery where people could purchase fresh baked goods. She also prompted him to hire several widows in town to do the cooking and baking. She bragged to her brother that nothing made her prouder than realizing her new husband’s endeavors were a success. Her reward was having her name on a sign above the new business—Viola Mae’s Restaurant and Bakery. Each time Cooper passed by their establishment, he looked up and smiled with the knowledge of his part in making sure the two of them got together.

Zach admitted during a recent conversation he did not mind giving up a life of traveling the country to settle down in Bardstown with Cooper’s sister. He thoroughly enjoyed having a wife and a home and had been more...

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