Christmas Promises at the Garland Street Markets: A feel good Christmas romance (New York Ever After, Book 5) by Helen J Rolfe

Author:Helen J Rolfe [Rolfe, Helen J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Cleo

Amelia was due to come to the Garland Street markets any minute now, which meant Cleo could finally act on her advice and have some time with Ruby. She’d been putting it off, work and dread getting in the way, but today, Prue was bringing Ruby to meet her and they were going to have one-on-one time.

‘Business is going well here.’ Kaisha put out a few more men’s sweaters on the display tables in the chalet. She was helping out today along with Amelia and so Cleo wouldn’t have any need to worry. She could focus solely on Ruby. ‘Do you think you’ll do this again next year?’

Cleo put her gloves back on now she’d finished serving the customer who bought the bottle-green cashmere sweater that had been hanging at the open door of the chalet. Some days they wouldn’t put much stock on the doors if the weather was more brutal but today there didn’t seem any hint of rain or the snow they’d been treated to yesterday. ‘I think a store, the Inglenook Falls markets and a wedding to organise might just be enough for us all.’

‘I know you too well, you might not be able to resist it.’

‘True. And we are making more money here than in Inglenook Falls. It’s not a whole lot more, but I expect it will be a tidy sum by the time we finish. We get more exposure here too and I’m hoping it might draw people to Inglenook Falls and the Little Knitting Box. It’s been delightful to have a few of my old regulars from the store I had in the West Village stop by and say hello.’

‘I heard a woman asking about your workshops earlier. She wanted to bring a group of friends along.’

Cleo smiled. ‘There you go. Coming here has drummed up more business.’ Now she needed to make sure she didn’t take on too much and ignore her other commitments. Cleo never once thought she’d end up married with a blended family when she arrived in New York for the first time, and now she wouldn’t want it any other way, but her headache this morning was a sure sign things were getting to her. And she was always careful to stay on top of her emotions given the family history with depression. Recognising the signs that she was overdoing it was key and was difficult to do when she was so busy all the time.

Cleo waved to Amelia, who’d just said goodbye to her nephew before he made his way to Mitch’s stall. She did a quick handover before she spotted Prue’s blonde, immaculately styled bob approaching over the heads of a couple of teenagers. ‘Prue, good to see you. Hey, Ruby.’ She smiled down at Dylan’s eldest and her soon-to-be stepdaughter.

Ruby smiled but was soon talking to Kaisha, the trendy assistant at the Little Knitting Box who was almost a surrogate auntie in many respects. Ruby had often come to the store and sat

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