The First Year by Genevieve Gannon

Author:Genevieve Gannon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

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‘Make it a double shot, Hank.’

‘You okay? You look a little . . . dazed.’

Saskia didn’t have time to explain. She had emails to answer and orders to fill. ‘I’m fine.’ She smiled to prove it.

She gave Hank a five-dollar note and hurried back to her studio. Standing on the edge of Sydney Road, waiting for a break in the traffic, she wondered again if she’d dreamed the emails. She had been working long hours lately, it seemed entirely possible that she had dozed off at her desk and had a vivid dream about sudden and unexplained success. The flood of admirers was the sort of thing that would happen in a dream world where the rules of reality are elastic.

As she climbed the stairs to her studio she felt a mounting apprehension that the orders really had been a fantasy. She touched her mouse bringing her computer screen to life and the list of new friends appeared. She settled back on her seat, relieved and a little overwhelmed, and began to type.

She replied to the requests and created a spreadsheet calculating who wanted what and how much silver she was going to need to fill the orders. She had just finished when an email arrived from Bess of Sydney.

Thank you so much, Little Hill! I’ve deposited $100 — could I please have two cuffs? One gold, one silver. Is it the same price in gold?

Saskia hadn’t attempted the cuff in gold yet. Gold sheets cost far more than silver but it was easier to work with — softer and faster to mould — so the labour costs were theoretically lower.

Saskia opened her cupboard to assess how many cuffs she could make from the supplies she had on hand. She was going to have to let Andy know she needed to make a big withdrawal to pay for more silver. She set about making some cuffs with what little she had, all the while trying to figure out what had prompted this surge of interest, and how she would manage to keep up if the orders kept rolling in.

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