Adobe Springs
Fiero would recover from the fire, but Nora wouldn't be there to see it. She had decided to leave. To get away from the memories of her best friend, who she'd never see again.
She'd seen the flyers advertising the new town, Adobe Springs, and after the completion of a new road connecting Adobe Springs to settlements in the north it had become a trading center, and the town was booming.
She stepped off the train - again. Adobe's station was smaller than Fiero's and a lot simpler. So was the town itself, for now, anyway, but she knew it wouldn't stay that way for long. Adobe Springs was growing at a rapid rate; new city blocks were being added weekly, it sounded like. There were even rumors of gold in the area.
She had a bit more cash now than when she arrived in Fiero, and was able to hire a carriage ride to the city center.
While the overall population was still lower than Fiero's, Adobe Springs had a larger commercial sector and was on its way to becoming the region's business center. This was all thanks to the new northern road (and a soon-to-be completed southern extension); the growth was sure to continue.
Oddly, though, there was no dedicated City Hall; surely one would be built soon. For now a green-and-white corner building served as a makeshift substitute.
Looking north, she saw the new road stretching to the northern mountains and beyond.
She was able to quickly buy a house, and found a job too. But not in industry this time. Not after the fire. Nora got a job at the makeshift City Hall instead as a file clerk; she was looking forward to seeing the of running a town first-hand. It would take her mind off why she was there, anyway.
Hopefully this time the fresh start she was looking for would last.
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