Gypsy Gold: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel: (Poppy's Potions) by H.P. Mallory & J.R. Rain

Author:H.P. Mallory & J.R. Rain [Mallory, H.P. & Rain, J.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rain Press
Published: 2023-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Of course, the store was dead all morning.

No customers to distract me, or make the time go by faster. And there were only so many times I could rearrange a shelf, or dust, or straighten things. I had some potions bubbling away in the back, but they were easy recipes that didn’t require much thought. Being really distracted while brewing or working magic was such a terrible idea that I couldn’t bring myself to work on any of the number of things that I could have been restocking.

Normally, the shop was a comfortable place for me. I’d built up Poppy’s Potions with my own two hands, and everything from the heavy, old wooden shelves and display cases to the fairy lights and the multitude of rainbow-colored potion bottles filled me with pride as much as it relaxed me.

But today, all it did was put me on edge and reminded me that I wasn’t home with my son.

It didn’t help that Finn wasn’t exactly quick to answer my texts every time I checked in on him. He apologized, and reminded me that he was just sleeping, but it didn’t do anything for the anxiety churning in my stomach.

I knew if I let myself dwell on it, I was just going to work myself into a mess, and with no customers out on the street looking like they might want to come in and try out a potion or two, I was going to need to find a different distraction.

So, I picked up my phone, and after a minute of chewing my lower lip and hesitating, I dialed Andre’s number.

Recent doubts aside, talking to Andre made me feel a lot better ninety-nine percent of the time. Just hearing his voice, with that thick, British accent, over the phone, was enough to have some of the tension easing out of my back.

“Poppy,” he said, voice warm even across the line. “What can I do for you?”

And just like that, I felt like I could take a full breath again. Like if I tripped and stumbled, there would be hands reaching out to catch me.

“It’s a slow day at the store, so I thought I’d see what you were up to.”

“Well,” I heard the click of him putting something down on a table. Maybe a cup or a bowl. “I was actually working on a new trick, but it isn’t going well, and I was just thinking I needed a distraction to get me out of my own head.” His voice was wry, like he was laughing at himself. “And then you called. Isn’t that... well, perfect timing?”

I had to laugh. It was odd, to be syncing up to someone else’s moods like we were, but odd in a good way. I wished there was someone I could talk to about it. I didn’t feel like I could approach Roy, with our history and with how snappy and on edge he’d been with everything lately. Fifi for the same reasons. But they were

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