Book, Bludgeoning, & Beyond by H L Bur

Author:H L Bur [Bur, H L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998049304
Publisher: H.L. Bur
Published: 2018-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

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After our - we’ll call it interesting - conversation with Patrice, we went back to our booth at Autumn Fest to help Sam finish up. We pulled our final winners from our raffle box and were surprised to see my mother’s name neatly written on one of the winning tickets.

“My mom was here?” I asked Sam.

“Oh yeah, she stopped by earlier today with Quinn’s mom. I told them you guys were at the bookstore, but they had plans and said they would catch up with you both later.”

I eyed Quinn. “Hmm, I guess that means your mom is doing better after her fall the other day.”

“Must be nice.” She nodded toward her own injured ankle.

“At least you can walk more than 10 feet today.”

“True, but I still blame both you and my mother for this in the first place,” she huffed as if just now remembering she was mad at us.

“Of course,” I murmured as I sat down on one of the stools behind our booth.

We phoned our prizewinners. Mrs. Elsie Turner was our grand prizewinner and was elated to hear that she had won. She was pushing ninety and was still very active in the community. She attended the yoga classes we held at the bookstore, so she was beyond ecstatic to receive the month of free yoga classes that were included with the grand prize. To be completely honest, her tree pose was better than mine could ever be. She and her husband, Robert, had spent their entire adult lives contributing to the local area. On any given day they could be seen ambling through town, exploring the different parks, or hiking on one of our hundreds of trails. Robert had been involved in our local political system for many years, and in my humble opinion, he had been one of the few honest politicians left. He truly cared about this area and the people who resided here. I was sad to hear when he passed a few years back.

Quinn and I kept busy until it was time to close down the booth. There were still fun and games to be had at the Town Center, which would end with another concert tonight in the park, but the booths were officially closed. Normally I would stick around and participate in all the festivities, but I was too distracted by everything going on and knew I wouldn’t be able to feign interest. We packed up and headed back to the bookstore.

It only took us a few minutes to trek the short couple of blocks. We unlocked the store and went in, quickly greeted by Henri meowing in chastisement. She must have been upset that we were M.I.A. this weekend.

“There’s my precious little booboo oojuuu. Ooh I just love you to pieces, my little baby waby.” I bent to scoop up Henri despite her protest.

“Oh my God, you’re ridiculous.” Quinn furrowed her brows and shook her head at me in mock disgust.

“Ahem,” a voice suddenly sounded from the doorway.

My

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