Sellin' Out (Real Estate Rescue Cozy Mysteries Book 12) by Patti Benning
Author:Patti Benning [Benning, Patti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Summer Prescott Books
Published: 2024-02-06T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER EIGHT
It wasnât until they broke out the wine that they seriously talked about the reason all four of them were huddled together in Violetâs apartment.
âEven if itâs just a prank, itâs not right,â Violet said, her voice sharp. âWhoever left that note has no right to make you feel this way. Youâre just trying to live your life. You havenât done anything wrong.â
âYou donât deserve this,â Grady agreed. âPrank or not, I hope they get whatâs coming to them.â
âI hope it is a prank,â Sydney chimed in. âBetter that than the alternative.â
âI hope it is too,â Flora said, finally able to get a word in edgewise. âBut it doesnât make much sense for it to be some kids messing around. Iâll call Beth tomorrow, but she would have told me if she found something like that in her mailbox, so itâs not as if theyâre going around leaving nasty surprises for everyone. And my house isnât walking distance from town â not an easy walk, anyway â so they would have had to drive out there. Why would someone target me, specifically, for this sort of nasty prank? Frankly, Iâm just not that well known around town.â
âYou own the hardware store,â Violet pointed out. âOr co-own it. Whatever. My point is, maybe one of your customers got upset about something and decided to give you a scare.â
Flora snorted. âI canât imagine most of our customers doing that, and besides, I donât think Iâve upset anyone that much.â She glanced at Grady. âHave I?â
He hesitated, and the hesitation made her frown. She had thought she was doing a good job as part-owner of Brantâs hardware, but was she wrong?
âGrady. Tell me.â
âItâs just some of the more traditional regulars,â he said reluctantly. âThey donât like an outsider owning a business thatâs been a part of the town for so long. And a few of the older men have asked me if you really know what youâre doing, because they donât think a woman knows her way around power tools, I guess. I always tell them off, and I donât think it has to do with this. Anyone with half a brain can see how well the store is doing, and they all like you, despite what they say.â
Stung, she took a moment to process her thoughts. She knew she had only been here for two years, but was she really still viewed as such an outsider?
And maybe the blatant sexism should be expected in a town as small as Warbler, and sure, it was true sheâd barely known how to swing a hammer when she first moved here, but by now, she was pretty sure she had done more of her own home repairs than half the people who shopped at the hardware store
She huffed, choosing to be angry rather than hurt.
âWell, thanks for defending me. I donât think any of them feel like Iâve wrecked their lives, though, do they?â
He chuckled. âNot so much.â The amusement left his face quickly. âI donât think we should be acting like this might be a prank.
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