Secretly In Love: A Madison Creek Novella by Castle Jackie

Author:Castle, Jackie [Castle, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Castle Library Publishing
Published: 2016-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sage dodged as the twins barreled into the kitchen through the screen door and tossed the mail on the table. Max set to filling his hands with sugar cookies while Meghan poured two glasses of milk. Without a word to each other or anyone else, they hurried down to the family room in the basement.

The front of the house was Ma’s work area where she spent most of her time at her sewing machine. Most of her clients needed tailoring, but she also created stunning dresses and bridal gowns which she sold in local small shops.

Cartoon music floated up the back stairs. The twins were supposed to be doing homework. Television certainly wasn’t allowed at the same time, but Sage didn’t feel like arguing with them.

She poured over several logo samples, made sketches based on Miss Haley’s ideas, and came up with two possibilities to email her. Sage wanted to give her first real customer options. If this went well, Haley promised to give her full credit for the site and promote her in the town’s small business owners’ association.

Sage needed to make this her best site yet.

Ma entered the kitchen where Sage was working and rummaged around the cabinets, trying to decide on something for dinner. “Will any of your friends be stopping in to join us tonight?”

“Moi is coming over to study for our next exam.”

“What about Nikolai. If I find out he’s sleeping in his car….”

Sage updated Ma on his current job and living arrangements.

“These are the same people you will be working for? The place where we’re having Lana’s reception?”

“One and the same. Mr. Ethan and Miss Haley are really great people with big hearts. He plays the violin on the worship team at church, Ma.”

Her mouth opened with her nod of recognition. “I’d heard a few rumors about the Madison girl turning the farm into a hotel and restaurant.” Ma pulled out a large pot and set it on the stove. “I’m so happy the town is beginning to thrive again. Have you seen the two new stores that opened recently? One of them is a clothing store. I stopped in and left my cards, letting them know I do alterations. They’d like to see some of my dresses.”

“That’s great, Ma.”

Sage remembered the Mayor’s speech during the Christmas Tree Lighting event about reviving the town. At the time, she’d not paid too much attention. But now that she was seriously thinking about starting her own business, she’d wondered about the city improvement grants being offered. Of course, she wouldn’t need to open a real shop. For the kind of work she did, an actual store wasn’t necessary. But she’d mentioned the grants to Nikolai a time or two.

They used to talk a lot about their futures. Being a total computer geek, he was up on all the latest gaming trends, and loved tinkering with computers in general. There was a little electronics store on Main Street, but the owner offered little on stock, and wasn’t any help if someone needed repairs.

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