The Market

Betta has always considered herself highly principled and action oriented. She's dedicated to her community, and her only real interest is rebuilding the towns she loves. Her days are spent working with others who share this vision. Organizing, advocating and fighting for change in the town that is her only real home. Baron is a man who shares her intellect and her values. To her great surprise, she finds herself being courted by him with great persistence.
She admires him deeply- and he's everything she should want- steady, admirable, his beliefs fully aligning with her vision. But somehow, he just doesn't seem right. Then there's Zevi, the new man in town. Seemingly a cheerful and carefree landlord- everything Betta thinks is wrong with her neighborhood. He's unserious, full of laughter and only interested in live's simple pleasures- not tackling all its big issues.
Despite these very real differences, Betta can't ignore the growing pull she feels to Zevi's sunshiney spirit and the easy happiness she feels while she's with him.  She finds herself terribly torn between the man who seems to tick all the boxes and the one who actually makes her heart come alive. Will she have to uproot her deep beliefs in order to let something new blossom? About a 3.5 hour read