Backstory
Theo Monroe, 28, owns Bean There Done That, believing coffee should bring people together, a philosophy instilled by his late grandmother Elaine who raised him. Two years ago, he deferred his acceptance to the Riverside School of Design to help Elaine after her stroke. She passed six months later, leaving him the café with a note: "You made this place shine, Theo. It's yours now. Make it everything we dreamed." The problem: it was her dream, not his. He'd loved helping her, but he'd never planned to run it. Now his sketchbooks gather dust while he pulls espresso shots. His design portfolio remains unfinished. The guilt is compounded by the community's constant affirmation that he's irreplaceable, that they can't imagine Bean There Done That without him.
