Beauty Secrets Mystery Boxed Set: Books 1-6 by Stephanie Damore

Author:Stephanie Damore [Damore, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pink Sapphire Press
Published: 2019-02-16T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

We decided to take a little road trip after the ice cream shop and ended up at one of Finn’s favorite places—a pawn shop.

One of Finn’s hidden talents is the ability to sniff out a pawn shop anywhere. But it doesn’t stop there. Flea markets, garage sales—they’re all fair game. He’s a master at finding second-hand junk. In fact, we both have a love for second-hand goods. However, I prefer antiques, as the owner of the shop below my apartment will attest to. Kathleen knows my style and I find something to love every time I go in there, especially jewelry.

As Finn and I stood in the pawn shop, it wasn’t jewelry that caught my eye this time, but a beautiful perfume bottle. It was a perfectly round, blue-green glass globe. The color was like sea glass with the gold top and ivory spray tassel. So classy. I really wanted it for my collection. Maybe I’d create something a little bit more sensuous to fill it with.

“Babe, look at this,” Finn said to me.

I walked over to the display case next to him and peered down at a gold necklace that I’d recognize anywhere. I forgot all about the perfume bottle.

“My cross!” I touched my neck. I had no idea how the piece had ended up in a pawn shop outside Tampa, but I didn’t care. I just wanted to have it around my neck once more.

“Are you folks interested in something?” An older man with thick-rimmed glasses and patchy white stubble walked the length of the display case to meet us.

I didn’t even attempt to follow the golden rule of “playing it cool” at that moment. I lost all composure and blurted out, “This is mine. I want it back,” pointing through the glass at the necklace.

“Well now, if I had a dollar for every time I heard that,” the man said dryly.

“I’m serious, I don’t know where you got this, but it was stolen from me last week.” It was the only plausible explanation. The alternative being that I dropped it, someone found it, and then hocked it here, which was even harder to believe than someone stealing it and fencing it.

“Listen, lady, I don’t know anything about any stolen necklace, but if you’re interested in this piece, you’re in luck because it’s on sale.”

I glared hard at the weasel. “Or I could call the cops. Maybe they could look around, see if anything else is hot.”

The man looked around the store and I followed his eyes. He stared at a pretty abstract piece in the corner.

“That painting right there perhaps?” I questioned.

The man’s eyes snapped back to mine and I smiled. I had him and he knew it.

“Who should we call? Detective Blackwell? Do you know her?”

“Fine, take the necklace and get out of here. Don’t ever come back.” The man tossed the necklace across the counter and I caught it with one hand.

“Trust me, not a problem.”

We were out of there a second later.

“Babe, that was hot.

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