Sealed with a Hiss by Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom

Author:Addison Moore & Bellamy Bloom [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“That’s the one,” Mackenzie Woods announces with fervent vigor as I stand examining myself in the mirror wearing one of Georgie’s wonky quilt dresses.

It’s the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday, and I’ve come to the conclusion these so-called wonky quilt dresses should be outlawed every day of the week.

The shop my mother and Georgie run together, Two Old Broads, is teeming with customers. It’s the first day of their big winter sale, and everything is being snapped up at a quickened pace, even these wonky disasters.

Okay, so they’re not disasters, but I can sense one on the matrimonial horizon and I seem to be taking it out on this innocent frock.

Fish and Sugar watch from on top of the checkout counter, both equally horrified and yet somewhat amused.

Juni is working the register while Georgie and my mother cautiously watch me from the corner of their eye, where I stand just outside of the dressing room with Mackenzie and my mother-in-law, Gwyneth. They’ve both come to the startling conclusion that I should wear this piecemealed muumuu on their special day as I stand up for the both of them. If I ever had doubts that they liked me, they’ve firmly been put to rest. I can rest assured both women seek to humiliate me in the very near future.

Two Old Broads is a rather eclectic shop, selling everything from quilts in all of their iterations to Georgie’s sea glass creations. The shop holds a cozy appeal with rustic floors and homey furnishings. Most of their inventory is held in large wooden barrels scattered around the shop and on chunky dark-stained tables.

Oh, they hate you, Bizzy. Fish brays and it sounds like a laugh. The next thing you know, they’ll ask you to wear your hair in rollers and frost your face with a mud mask.

Sugar swipes the air. Look on the bright side. You can always find a corner to curl up in and take a nap.

“I don’t know,” I say. “There are going to be a lot of bodies in that ballroom that night. I might overheat in this.” I pluck at the creamy quilt with its large, triangular sections of red and pink fabric. If the circus came to town, they might just storm this shop and demand to get their tents back. “You don’t want me passing out, do you?”

Mackenzie and Gwyn exchange a brief look as if considering the entertaining possibilities an event like that might bring. I know how their wicked minds work, and yes, I just referenced Jasper’s mother as wicked.

This is one of those moments where I’m glad there’s not another mind reader in the room.

Gwyneth takes a moment to glower at me. “I know what you’re thinking, Bizzy. And yes, we do like you. In fact, we love you. We’re going to be family. Nobody is trying to humiliate you by putting you in one of these festive dresses. It just so happens that our shared wedding day is of a quirky nature, and we think it fits the theme beautifully.

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