Long Valley in Love by Erin Wright

Author:Erin Wright [Wright, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wright Hot Sexy Cowboys

Chapter 26

Kylie

With her small shopping basket slung over her arm, Kylie wandered the aisles of Second Time Around, pulling whisks and wooden spoons and a beat-up set of measuring cups out of the tangled piles on the shelves. She’d come down to the thrift store after work with the intention of buying a couple of things for the living room – maybe a lamp or end table – but had somehow found herself in the kitchen area instead.

Ahem. Yeah. Somehow…

She rolled her eyes at herself. She was incorrigible, truly.

Even though she really shouldn’t be buying another large mixing bowl, she told herself that it’d make the Keep Adam Fed project a lot easier if she had two, and snatched the rose-patterned bowl off the shelf. It was gorgeous – a pale pink with hand-painted roses on the side, it would absolutely look at home in Ruby’s kitchen. Even better, it’d look at home in Kylie’s kitchen, what with the shabby-chic vibe she had going on.

Shabby chic was a decorating trend that Kylie was almost positive originated with women who hadn’t been blessed with deep pockets, but had been blessed with a sense of style. It was one of the few trends that was actually friendly on ye olde budget, something Kylie appreciated to the depths of her very empty bank account.

As she continued to browse, looking through the plates for some decent ones that could be vaguely thought of as matching, she spotted a small sign at the end of the aisle and wandered over to take a closer look.

Shopping at Second Time Around helps support the residents of the Long Valley Senior Citizen’s Center. All profits are used to run activities and to provide creature comforts to the elderly in our community. Thank you for your support!

Huh. Kylie hadn’t exactly shopped in Second Time Around as a high school student, and so somehow, she’d missed this piece of information.

She carted her overflowing basket up to the front counter and set it down with a thump. The older woman behind the counter, a cloud of white hair bobbing around her face with every movement, laughed a little as she began sorting out Kylie’s haul so she could ring it up.

“You found some nice items in here,” the woman said admiringly. “I do love shopping at a thrift store. It’s like a treasure hunt!”

“It really is,” Kylie said with a satisfied grin. It was a treasure hunt, and she’d struck gold. “So, I noticed the signage back there about the profits going to the senior citizen’s center. Somehow, I’d missed that before. How long’s that been going on?”

“Well now,” the woman said, ruminating as she separated the items into piles, “a long time, I s’pose. Second Time Around used to be run by the Methodist Church, but they had a hard time finding volunteers who were reliable enough to keep a store like this open.”

She shrugged. “It’s damn hard to find people who want to work for free all the time. Funny that.

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