Sandbar Storm (Summer Cottage Novels Book 4) by Rebecca Regnier

Author:Rebecca Regnier [Regnier, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Siena

Irish Hills and Siena were up early and ready. It was June 15th.

Libby had explained that hosting “events” almost every weekend was part of her grand plan. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, she’d planned special reasons to come to downtown Irish Hills. But the real beginning of summer was now. It was finally time.

“Kids are out of school, the water’s warmed up, the families are here, the renters are rotating in and out, it really is prime time,” Libby explained.

Libby had lured businesses. She’d convinced other business owners to stay when they would have shut down and moved out. She’d fended off a billionaire development.

But if no one came to shop, eat, drink, or get their hair done in Irish Hills, it would be hard to claim victory. Irish Hills needed people to thrive, not just promises.

As early as Siena got in, fueled by nervous energy for the shop’s opening day, Libby was already downtown, hard at work. She had an office set up across the street.

She called it phase two, and Dean Tucker was about to start renovations. There would be six more spaces for shops or restaurants when Libby was done. Siena had seen renderings, but even if she hadn’t, Libby painted a picture with her descriptions of what Irish Hills could be in another year.

Libby arrived to give Siena one more ‘atta girl before they opened.

“Everything looks wonderful,” Libby said. She walked through Siena’s carefully displayed showroom floor.

“The classics are all here. These are the perennial pieces that built her brand.”

The clothes were beautiful. They made women look sophisticated and helped them feel confident at the head of the boardroom table or at a cocktail party. Siena was proud of her mother, and she could see Libby was proud of both of them.

The pieces her mom had contributed for exclusive debut at the store were in the same vein. But she’d allowed some new summer colors.

Libby stopped at a clothes rack that Siena had struggled to integrate into the rest of the pieces.

“Oh, she’s added the kaftan to her line!”

“Ha, no, those aren’t Vivian Blackwood Designs. They’re, uh, just no label craft projects. She has hand sewn almost one a day since she’s been here. She is supposed to be resting; instead, she’s making muumuus.”

“I love them—do me a favor, ring this one up for me. Or put it aside? If you sell out and have to sell it, cool. But otherwise, I need this one. She had a lavender one on the other day that had me hating my stupid khaki shorts.”

Libby did not look like the kaftan type. But Siena did what her new aunt asked.

“Wow, and the botanicals on the walls. I love those too.”

“Ha, the décor isn’t for sale, Aunt Libby, but next time I head to Tecumseh, I’ll grab you some.”

“Great, it’s going to be great. You have help?”

“Yes, Alison Barton, she’s great. She was working at Target, so she had retail experience. She is coming in. She’s all trained. Two of us should be good for today.

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