The Little Board Game Cafe by Jennifer Page

Author:Jennifer Page [Page, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781804548349
Publisher: Head of Zeus

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Emily came home early on Wednesday. Who’d have thought that sanding could be so tiring?

She hadn’t had a single text from Ludek since he’d seen her with Peter, but she needed to tell him that the board games group couldn’t meet at the café for the next two Fridays at least.

She drafted a message with words to that effect and explained that The Lancashire Hotpot was becoming a board game café, hoping he’d be impressed. She told him there’d be a launch event and said she’d keep tickets for him and the members of the games group. She ended the text with, Hope you’ll all come, then added two kisses then deleted them again. She’d just pressed Send when Kate appeared.

‘No Freddie tonight?’

‘I told him I’m busy.’

‘Why? What are you up to?’

‘Making a plan with you. We need to decide when the launch party’s going to be.’

‘Event,’ Emily said. ‘Rather than party. Calling it a party makes it sound like there’d be alcohol and I don’t have an alcohol licence.’

‘If you gave it away rather than selling it, you wouldn’t need a licence.’

‘I can’t afford to.’

‘Or do bring your own bottle?’

‘I’ll just do soft drinks. Ludek’s board games group all prefer to keep a clear head when they’re playing games. That’s why they like playing in the café rather than the pub.’

‘Ludek’s board games group? They’re coming?’

‘Obviously.’

‘But the launch is about attracting attention. Drawing new customers in. The board games group come to the café anyway.’

‘Oh. I hadn’t thought of that.’

‘You’ve got room for how many?’

‘Twenty people. Twenty-four at a push.’

‘You need prominent people from the community, Em. The chair of the parish council. The local journalist. Prominent business people. Like Peter.’

‘Peter?’

‘He’s the biggest business owner around here.’

Emily sighed. ‘And he was supportive. In the end. Taking me to that art gallery place to give me some inspiration. I suppose I’ll have to invite him. But with him and all the board gamers, and Dad – I’m really hoping I can lure him out of Thornholme – and you obviously… Well, there won’t be room for many more people. I can’t not invite my regular customers either.’

Kate shook her head.

‘But there aren’t many of them,’ Emily said quickly. ‘Just Marjory and Mr B and Mrs Scott and Mrs Sinclair.’

‘We’ll talk about this later. What I need from you now is a date. When do you think you can be ready? What do you still need to do?’

‘Buy the games.’

‘You’ve not ordered them yet?’ Kate shook her head. ‘Honestly, Em. You can’t open a board game café without games.’

‘I’ve been too busy.’

‘Get them ordered. Do you think you could be ready by a week on Saturday?’

‘A week on Saturday? That seems soon…’

‘What else is left to do?’

‘Apart from the board games? Shelves to put them on. A bit more painting. New pictures for the walls. A sign with the new name.’

Kate was jotting everything down. ‘Let’s go for a week on Saturday. You should prioritise ordering the games, and then finish the painting.

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