Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke

Author:Olivia Blacke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

CHAPTER 13

I stared at the record in my hands. “This record belonged to my grandma.”

“Honey, the whole Victrola belonged to your grandma.”

“No wonder it looked so familiar,” I said. I put the record back gently and closed the lid. I ran my hand over the mahogany cabinet. “I can’t believe you have this.”

There was a price tag hanging from the crank, but I couldn’t bring myself to check it. If I still had a car, I would have gladly sold it to buy back this piece of my family’s history. I wonder if Marcus would notice if I traded his cute little loaner SUV. Unable to help myself, I looked at the tag. “Ouch.” I couldn’t afford it. Maybe, back when I was working for a tech company and socking most of my paycheck away for a down payment on a house I never got around to buying, I could have, but not now that I’d invested my entire nest egg into Sip & Spin.

“I know, it’s a little much, but it’s worth that easily. Then again, it’s been on the floor for ages, and you’re the first person to show any real interest in it. Why don’t you take it home with you?”

I shook my head sadly. “I can’t.”

“Sure you can. I’m sure your mom wouldn’t mind.”

“My mom?” I asked.

Darlene laughed. Hers was a pleasant laugh. Like the Victrola, it sounded like magic. “Bea dropped it off on consignment a few years ago. It never sold, obviously. It’s been taking up valuable floor space, but I knew that the right person would come along eventually. I should have guessed it would be a Jessup. It’s yours if you want it. Need some help loading it up?”

“I don’t think it will fit in my car,” I told her, my head spinning. Marcus’s loaner SUV was too small.

“Swing by anytime, and I’ll have my guys help you load it.”

I was already trying to figure out where to put it. It wasn’t fair to Maggie to bring it to Tansy’s. It was a piece of our family history. It belonged to all of us. At Sip & Spin, we could share it with the world. Well, not the world, maybe, but Cedar River and the greater Austin area.

I caressed the lid once more. “Not a problem. Give me a day or two to get a truck, and I’ll be back.”

“Take your time.” Darlene said. “I was about to rotate it back to the warehouse. I try to keep stock moving so nothing stays on the floor long if it isn’t selling. The Victrola would have been back in storage for at least three months if you’d come in tomorrow.”

“Then it’s a good thing I came in today,” I said.

“It is,” she agreed.

“The idea of rotating your stock constantly is a good one. Tansy does that at the shop, too. Always rearranging and moving merchandise so it gets new eyes on it even if the same shopper comes in every week.”

“Oh, I can’t take credit for that.

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