Putting the Fun in Funeral by Diana Pharaoh Francis

Author:Diana Pharaoh Francis [Francis, Diana Pharaoh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: humor, fantasy, romance, mystery, Diana Pharaoh Francis
ISBN: 9781611387506
Publisher: Lucky Foot Press
Published: 2018-08-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

I made it back to the store well before Kenny or anybody else arrived for work. Once inside, I took a moment to survey the damage. I told myself to see it and accept it and then start fixing it.

My chest ached and my stomach burned, but after a few minutes, I pulled myself together and hardened my resolve. I couldn’t change what had happened, so I’d better deal with it and move on. Life sucked sometimes and I just took the good and overcame the bad in whatever way I could. Aunty Mommy had taught me that much. Well, she and the girls. They gave me the good and Aunty Mommy gave me the bad and somewhere in there I discovered I’d rather fight than not, even if I was just pissing into the wind.

I rigged up a makeshift counter. The cordless phone had been knocked on the floor along with the base, but it hadn’t broken. I started by calling Kenny and telling him what happened. After he recovered from his shock, I asked him to start calling the employees to tell them not to come in today and that we’d have a meeting in the morning.

“Can you set something up at Rosie’s? They’ve got the big back room, and I’ll buy breakfast. Make sure everybody knows their jobs are safe too,” I said. “And that they aren’t getting temporarily laid off.” Nobody was going to miss bill payments because of what had happened. “When you get done, come in and we’ll start going through the inventory to see if anything can be salvaged.”

Next I called my insurance agent. I probably should have called him first. He’d received last night’s phone message and promised to get there within the hour. I called Jen, Lorraine, and Stacey to let them know I was okay. I didn’t go into the business about Mason and my family. I’d tell them when we had more time and plenty of cheesecake. I promised to call them all later.

Next on the list was finding someone who could replace the shattered windows. I explained what had happened and that this was both a rush job and a large job, and the receptionist transferred me to the shop’s owner after a flood of sympathy. He declared he’d be there just after lunch, and I thanked him.

I had a billion other calls to make, but I couldn’t make myself make any of those yet. I needed to steady myself before contacting my clients. They weren’t going to be happy, though I’d pay them for all the consigned pieces.

I thought about putting up some magical protections, but since I didn’t have anything left of value to steal, it seemed like a waste of energy. I was already dead tired, even though my body was wired with unsettled energy. I needed to be doing something physical.

I found some empty boxes up the street at the liquor store and started going through the shop. I picked up everything I could salvage.

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