Always Be Mine by Melody Grace

Author:Melody Grace [Grace, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07K2JTQHH
Publisher: Melody Grace Books
Published: 2019-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

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After enjoying a peaceful morning in the garden, Lila cycled into town. It was already decorated for the festival, Sweetbriar Cove Spring Fling emblazoned on colorful banners and ticker tape fluttering from every lamppost. Launch party, 6pm. Town Hall.

“So, what exactly are you all flinging?” she asked, finding Mac fixing more streamers to the front of her gallery.

“Lila!” Mac hopped down from the stepladder. “What do you think? Too over the top?”

“I didn’t think you could be ‘too much’ in this town,” Lila smiled, noticing a cascade of paper flowers spilling out of the gazebo just across the street. The place looked like a mix between a grade-school craft project and a fever dream: colorful, wild, and utterly charming.

“Good point.” Mac laughed. “And as for what we’re celebrating . . . Well, we had a free month between Lobster-fest and May Day, so here we are.”

Lila grinned. “I’d say you’re kidding, but I overheard some people talking at the bakery about how they were going to fill August with a celebration of shellfish, so . . .”

“Never underestimate Sweetbriar’s ability to throw a shindig,” Mac agreed. “I’m not complaining, the more tourists who come through, the more my cash registers ring. There.” Mac fixed the last streamer in place and stepped back, and for the first time, Lila looked past the wild decorations and noticed the pottery on display in the window.

“Are these your designs?” she asked, looking closer at the bright glazes and cheery nautical designs. “I’ve seen them at the bakery. They’re beautiful.”

“Thanks.” Mac smiled, pushing back her wild, curly hair. “Although, I should tell you, the sailor stuff is mainly for the tourists. You should see my new collection,” she brightened. “How do you feel about spiders?”

“Ummm, what?” Lila asked, but Mac was already disappearing into the gallery. Lila followed, bracing herself, but when Mac presented the bowls and dinner plates, she laughed. There were spiders painted dancing around the rims, but the friendliest ones she’d ever seen, cavorting with illustrated cockroaches and mice.

“You have a strange sense of humor,” she said, smiling. “I love it. Do people actually buy these things?”

“Oh yes,” Mac grinned. “Turns out there’s a lot of people with a twisted eye for ceramics. You should have seen the killer snake collection, I couldn’t get them fired in the kiln fast enough.”

Lila looked around. Now that she was here, the candy-colored glazes looked irresistible . . . “Do you have anything more sturdy?” she asked. “I’d love some dishes to use for eating outside.”

“I can make whatever you need,” Mac said immediately.

“In maybe a dark, cobalt blue . . . ?” Lila suggested, thinking of the planters. “And lemon yellow. And maybe a set in green, too.”

“Hold on,” Mac laughed, “let me find you some samples. Why don’t you take a look around and pick out the shapes you’ll want?”

Mac disappeared into the back, leaving Lila to browse the small shop—and fall in love with every dish and bowl she saw. Never mind Rodeo Drive, she could do some damage to her credit cards right here .

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