The Garden down the Beach

A novelette

Kamber Dai believes in creating peaceful garden spaces. She's often online, sharing her plant updates and offering her consulting services. Her house-sitting gig is almost up, and she'll need a lot more clients to afford housing in the region.

Shiloh Boyd lives two miles down the beach on Sandbrooke Island, Washington, in his grandparents’ house. He’s tasked to return the property's garden to what it once was, in honor of his late grandmother. The view of Puget Sound from the baby grand piano inspires him as he creates calming, soft-voiced audio clips for use in reels.

Online followers, and Gramps, want to see Kamber and Shiloh spend time together, but each is focused on building their careers.

Is there room for a relationship in all their planning?