Love on Lavender Lane by Karis Walsh

Author:Karis Walsh [Walsh, Karis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635552874
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-02-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kassidy fluffed out the green bunting she had draped over the top of her booth, trying to hide the silver duct tape she had used to hold it in place. She leaned too far to one side and nearly fell off the rickety plastic chair. She flailed wildly before catching hold of the PVC pipes that framed the booth, and then held her breath as the entire structure wobbled and nearly collapsed. She was mentally cursing Paige for instigating this fiasco and almost felt disappointed when both she and the booth stabilized without any broken framework or bones. She indulged in a satisfying daydream of getting to show Paige a bandaged wrist and say I told you this was a bad idea before stepping gingerly off the chair, with both her body and the booth in one piece.

“I hadn’t thought of including a comedic performance today, but I think it makes an entertaining addition to the booth. Do you do these shows once an hour?”

Kassidy turned to see Paige grinning at her and holding two cups of coffee. She switched her fantasy to one in which she dumped a hot cup of coffee on Paige’s head.

“You try climbing on these chairs. They’re not designed to support Kipper, let alone a full-grown human.”

Paige handed her a coffee. “No, thanks. I’m the brains in this operation, not the brawn.”

Kassidy didn’t bother commenting on that statement. If anything, she agreed she wasn’t acting like she had a brain, otherwise she wouldn’t have agreed to go along with this plan. The only reason she had, in the end, was because she couldn’t bear the thought of an empty booth with her farm’s name on it sitting in the middle of the busy fair. She had too much pride in her place to allow that to happen, which was probably exactly what Paige had been gambling on when she went behind Kassidy’s back and paid for this space. Kassidy had to admit they were in a perfect location, right in the heart of the festival and close enough to wine and food booths to take advantage of the crowds they always drew. And her decorations looked pretty enough to attract the attention of people passing by, even though she had arranged them under duress.

“It looks beautiful,” Paige said, as if reading her mind. She stepped back and looked at the booth from a few yards away. “I didn’t expect you to have decorations on hand since I knew you didn’t like doing this kind of thing.”

Kassidy unfurled one of the fabric pieces and showed Paige the elastic she had hidden from view. “They’re my bedsheets. I couldn’t think of anything else to use, and I didn’t want it to be plain.”

Paige made a coughing sort of noise and stepped forward, trailing one finger over the sheet. “So you were sleeping on these last night?”

Her voice hinted at an intimacy Kassidy hadn’t thought of before now. She had been thinking of the sheets as fabric,

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