Bats & Bling: A Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Book 11 by L.C. Turner

Author:L.C. Turner [Turner, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

9

The rest of the weekend flew by in a blur. Between a busy two days of sales, which was fantastic, and trying to squeeze in planning for the Halloween sale, I hardly had any time to even think about Veronica’s murder or the brooch. Work had provided a welcome distraction.

“It looks amazing in here,” Yvette said to me as she walked in to help with the final preparations for the Halloween special sale. “I feel like I’m walking into a haunted house.”

“It was Anna,” I said. “She’s a whiz at decorating.”

When Yvette had come back from being fingerprinted on Friday, I had told her what was in the past was in the past and I didn’t care about it. I honestly didn’t. I felt bad for my momentary judgment when Willie first told me, but I’d been overreacting. Yvette had worked tirelessly all weekend helping to prepare for the party, which just reinforced my belief that she was a great employee and person.

Anna had outdone herself turning Silk into a spooky palace complete with fake cobwebs and spiders, witches that cackled, and pumpkins all over. She even had a dry ice machine to make the area around the sales counter look extra scary. Katy had made spiked cider and mulled wine and found low-fat pumpkin mini cupcakes to serve. I had organized the sales floor by price point so it was easy to spot the awesome deals. I wanted to be excited, and I was for potential sales, but I was also worried.

“I still wonder if we should have cancelled,” I said to Anna. “Is it in bad taste to have a party so soon after Veronica’s death?”

“This isn’t necessarily a party. It’s a business event.”

“With the intent to lure Veronica’s friends here to try and get information. I kind of feel weird about it now.”

“If they come, they have the chance to get great deals and they might give us information. It’s a win-win. It’s not like we’re forcing them to come.”

“I agree with Anna,” Yvette said. “This place looks and smells great. What do you need me to do?”

“If you could finish steaming that rack of dresses, I wanted to pull a few more pieces of jewelry from the back,” I said.

“Sure,” Yvette said.

“How many people confirmed?” I asked her as she started walking to the back.

“Out of the thirty I called I got mostly voicemail, and only a few people called back and said they’d try and make it,” Yvette said apologetically.

My negativity returned. “People do think it’s bad timing. Maybe we should have pushed it off.”

“Not necessarily,” Yvette said. “Even when given advance notice, our customers don’t tend to RSVP. They just show up. I wouldn’t give up just yet. I did put an event on Facebook and there seemed to be some interest there so you might be surprised at the turnout.”

Anna nodded. “She’s right, Pres.”

“I’m sure we’ll get some traffic, and that means potential sales. Even if we don’t get any information from Veronica’s friends,” Katy said.

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