A Glassy Lady: Coeur de Lyon: A Renaissance Flair 2 by C.A. Storm

Author:C.A. Storm [Storm, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark and Stormy Knight
Published: 2017-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

It had been a good afternoon, all-in-all. Once Harper had managed to get Matty settled, reassuring him repeatedly that he hadn’t done anything wrong, that accidents happened. Finally, it took her promising that if he wanted to help her fix it, he could come by and she’d show him how she worked glass.

She doubted she would ever forget the look in Matty’s eyes when she offered to teach him something. In that moment, she realized that whatever life he had lived up to that point, had not been a pleasant one. Yet, somehow, despite what he may have gone through, he still had a sweet, untouched innocence about him, that made her want to cuddle him up and keep the big, bad world at bay. It was a feeling she saw the other boys, older and already more hardened, would do anything to protect.

Once Matty was calmed down and the other boys were sure he’d be okay, they helped her store the remaining crates under her direction, dividing them into supplies set into a small storage room and crafted goods set in the center of the large, open front room that faced out to the main thoroughfare.

Harper decided she’d go through those all later, but she did want to check the crate Matty had dropped. He hovered around her, fidgeting, as she popped the crate open. Glancing inside, Harper saw that many of the glass rods inside had indeed shattered, but the majority of it was all in large shards.

Waving Matty closer, Harper carefully pulled out one of the larger rod shards. “See, Matty? These are just glass rods I use to add colors and designs to a piece, and I usually cut them down to size when needed. I can also use powders and other things. But I also make other types of glass art, besides blowing glass, so it’s not wasted at all. Besides,” she leaned in and added in a conspiratorial whisper, “Glass is just melted sand, sweetie, so it’s pretty easy to make more.”

Matty’s brilliant grin, one that lit up his entire face and made his dark brown eyes gleam bright, was totally worth it. Yeah, she’d have to do some work to make the glass usable, and as she carefully placed the shard back into the crate, made a mental note to make sure she packed her heavy work gloves before opening the crate again.

“Okay, boys,” she said as she rose to her feet, dusting off her rump as she looked around at them. “Let’s go upstairs and y’all can help me make some lunch and get those cookies and cupcakes started.”

There was a chorus of cheers, whoops, and hollers that had Harper laughing as she led the pack upstairs. She set Erik and the second eldest, Vinnie, to organizing the other three and helping her make sandwiches. The other three, she kept busy by having them do the mixing for the hummingbird cupcakes and the death-by-chocolate-chocolate chip cookies, while she gave them directions.

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