Suddenly in Love by Julia London

Author:Julia London
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781503953284
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Mia was in an exceptionally good mood Friday morning when Aunt Bev called and asked her to come to the shop. She sent Wallace to pick her up.

“What’s that smile all about?” Wallace asked accusingly when she climbed into the shop van. “Did you come into a windfall? Find another job? Or maybe you got a bargain on discontinued furniture slips and are envisioning a whole new wardrobe?”

“I’m just so happy to spend this time with you, Wallace. I was hoping we could talk about conservation.”

Wallace shot her a suspicious look.

“I was thinking we could begin a recycling program at the shop—”

“Stop right there,” he said sternly. “And what, pray tell, shall we recycle? I’ll tell you what I’d like to recycle—your aunt’s endless fascination with beige. What is it with her and Chico’s and beige?”

Wallace continued to catalogue all the things he found objectionable about Aunt Bev’s wardrobe all the way to the shop.

They were the first to arrive, but Aunt Bev was right on their heels and instantly dispatched Mia out for coffee. When Mia returned, Skylar had managed to drag herself in, yawning loudly and settling in on a stool behind the counter with a magazine.

“I need everything dusted today,” Aunt Bev said imperiously, and tossed a feather duster at her daughter. “Mia, you can busy yourself around here, too. The wall demolition won’t begin until Monday, and the materials won’t arrive till then, either, so there’s no reason for you to be at the Ross house today.”

Well, that was disappointing. Mia had tossed and turned most of the night with thoughts and images of Brennan.

“I’m going to run a few errands,” Aunt Bev said, and disappeared into the back room with her long bell sleeves billowing out behind her. They were beige.

Once she’d gone, Skylar tossed the duster to Mia.

“Hey,” Mia said. “That’s your job.”

“My job is to man the shop. This is manning it.” She fluttered her fingers to Mia and opened her magazine.

Mia groaned with general exasperation at her cousin, but the truth was that she’d rather have something to do than to sit around and read magazines all day long.

She started with the porcelain figurines on the back wall and was still working there when she heard the little bell sound at the front door, indicating someone had come in. She didn’t hear Skylar greet anyone, and when she leaned to look around a display of pillows, she saw that, not surprisingly, Skylar had left her post. “Be with you in a moment!” she said, and put down the duster. She walked out to the front of the store, her head down as she dusted off her faded jeans, and looked up at the last moment.

Mia gasped with surprise. Jesse Fisher, the unchallenged hunk of her high school years, was smiling down at her. “Hey, Mia,” he said. “I heard you were back in town.”

Good God, Jesse had definitely filled out. He’d always been tall, but he looked even taller. Moreover, Mia had forgotten how green his eyes were.

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