A Girl's Best Friend by Kristin Billerbeck

Author:Kristin Billerbeck
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

chapter 17

It’s an odd feeling to walk into the behind-the-scenes warehouse of a boutique you’ve frequented. There are boxes everywhere, piled high to the ceiling as we walk along a dank hallway. Trust me, it’s not the same high as walking into a carefully arranged shoe boutique where there are smartly dressed shop girls jockeying for your attention. Still, I’m mystified by the power of the box. Loving shoes as I do, I can’t help but wonder what type of magic is within each box. The space smells like old books, though I don’t see any, and I suppose I’ve never kept a pair of shoes long enough to find out if they do, indeed, eventually smell like books.

Ami Crittenden has several boutiques and has made a name for herself in San Francisco. I’ve never met the woman, but I’ve seen her in the newspaper. Which, I imagine, is one thing we have in common.

Poppy is behind me, praying loudly and asking for God to cover me with His grace as I go into the interview. Now, I’m all for praying, but Poppy sounds like she’s having her own revival right here in the hallway. I turn and face her.

“Do you have to do that?”

“Pray? I thought you’d like it. I enjoy it when people pray for me.”

“I do like it, but you know God has really good ears. We needn’t shout.”

“I want Him to know I mean it.”

“God looks at the heart, Poppy. He knows you mean it. Are you coming into the interview with me?”

“No, I’m just making sure you get there. You have been known to chicken out at important events, you know.”

I know Poppy means well, but sometimes, she’s as bad as Mrs. Henry or my father. She watches me to the point that she hovers and makes me overly anxious. I’m going for a job interview as a shoe buyer; just how stress inducing can this be?

“I’d have been smart if I chickened out of Lilly’s fashion show,” I say aloud.

“Look at the good side of it—her gown appears in the newspaper almost every day.”

I just gaze at her. “With me in it. Not really a highlight of my life, Poppy.”

“Yeah, but it’s Lilly’s turn, Morgan. We’re the ones always singing backup to your lead. Don’t you love seeing Lilly be important to San Francisco fashion with all she gave up to get there? In college, we remember what it was like to see you in the Women of Stanford calendar in your cute little shorts. No one asked us to be in the calendar.”

“Would you have been?” I ask.

“Of course not; my father would kill me.”

“My father suggested it. I wore a San Francisco Jeweler’s T-shirt.”

“We remember, Morgan.”

The only saving grace for my little calendar stint is that no one actually cared at Stanford. People went on with their lives, and the importance of a calendar to raise money for alumni was met with about as much interest as the girl’s water polo team efforts.

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