McKenna, (Sweet Western Historical Romance) (Nevada Brides Series Book 1) by Clara Kincaid

Author:Clara Kincaid [Kincaid, Clara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

After they left the restaurant, McKenna passed the store to see what it looked like from the outside. There was a yellow dress displayed in the window with mining gear advertised. The signage read, Only Store in Silver for mining supplies.

It was the only store in Silver, but that would change very soon.

Cole led McKenna across the street. She held her skirts up so as not to have them get dirty, which was hard to do when dust and dirt was all she could see.

Bret opened the door and lit an oil lamp so they could peer inside. Her stomach dropped at the ramshackle appearance of the interior. It was cluttered with boxes and wood.

“Now, don’t panic, McKenna. You have to envision what it can become,” Cole said. He climbed over boxes and crates. “Now, look here, for instance. We have a counter with shelves behind it, and there’s plenty of wood we can use to build fixtures to display merchandise. Once we go through everything, we might just find something of use here. We’ll remove what we don’t need and clean the place up.”

“How long do you think that will take?”

“If we really dig in and work very hard, perhaps a week. I heard a supply wagon would be in later today. I’ll put in an order for goods to stock the place with.”

McKenna doubted what he said was even possible in a week, but she had no other choice since they couldn’t just give up. “I’d like to see what the upstairs looks like.”

Cole took the oil lamp and they made way up the narrow stairs. They first walked into a sizable room that had a fireplace and would serve as a parlor. McKenna moved into the next room, and there were shelves to put food supplies on and an iron stove with a pipe, which disappeared in the ceiling.

There was a room that could serve as a washroom, which had a water pump, as did the kitchen. At least whoever designed this building had given it some thought. The other two rooms were large bedrooms, one of which overlooked the street of Silver.

McKenna finally turned and faced Cole. “Well, it needs a good cleaning, but otherwise is in good shape. We shouldn’t have to stay at the boarding house too long.”

“We’ll need furniture before we move in here,” Cole pointed out.

“Yes, two beds, also.”

Cole frowned. “One bed will have to suffice until we can afford more than one. Stocking the store will be more important to start with.”

McKenna didn’t like the sound of that, but she had no other choice. How was she going to distance herself from Cole if they would be sharing a bed?

They spent the next two hours going through the boxes downstairs, which contained dishes, pans and other items miners would buy.

“Why would someone leave all of this behind?” McKenna asked.

“The owner was killed at the saloon. Apparently, he was cheating at poker,” Cole explained.

“And they just sold the business with everything in here?”

“Mr.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.