Neighborly Thing by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Author:Wanda E. Brunstetter [Brunstetter, Wanda E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-10-29T04:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“There’s only one way to get Glen Olsen out of my mind,” Sinda fumed, “and that’s to keep busy.”

She was alone in the doll hospital, working on an antique bisque doll. Panther, who was sleeping under the table, meowed softly, as though in response to her grumbling.

In spite of her determination not to think about Glen, Sinda’s thoughts swirled around in her head like a blender running at full speed. It had been four weeks since she’d had Glen and Tara over for dinner, and during those four weeks she’d been miserable.

Sinda swallowed hard and fought the urge to give in to her tears. Glen had called her after he’d gone home that night, apologizing for Tara’s behavior and suggesting that they try dinner the following Sunday at his place. When Sinda told him she didn’t want to see him anymore, he seemed confused. She’d even said she didn’t want him doing any more work on her house, and he had argued about that as well. Sinda knew having Glen around would be too much temptation, and she might weaken and agree to go out with him again. Or worse yet, let him kiss her again. Of course her decision meant she would either have to do all her own home repairs or pay someone else to do them. Until business picked up and she had a steady cash flow, she would forget about all repairs that weren’t absolutely necessary.

Sinda could still hear Glen’s final words before she’d hung up the phone that night. “I care about you, Sinda, and I really want to help.”

She’d almost weakened, but an image of her mother had jumped into her mind. There was no future for her and Glen, so why lead him on? And even if her past wasn’t working against her, Tara certainly was!

The telephone rang, and Sinda’s mind snapped back to the present. She reached for it, thankful that she’d remembered to bring the cordless phone downstairs this time. “Sinda’s Doll Hospital.” Her eyebrows shot up. “You want to run a story about me in your newspaper? I–I–guess it would be all right. Yes, I’d like it to be a human interest story too.” That would no doubt be good for my business.

Several minutes later she hung up the phone, having agreed to let a reporter from the Daily Herald interview her the following morning. She hoped it was the right decision.

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The interview with the newspaper columnist went better than Sinda had expected, but she was relieved when he and his photographer said they had all they needed and left her house shortly before noon. Even though she knew the article they planned to print about her doll hospital would be good for business, Sinda had some reservations about having so much attention drawn to her. She’d always tried to stay out of the limelight, and during her childhood none of her friends except Carol had been invited to her home. Carol had only come over a few times, and that was always whenever Sinda’s father was gone.

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