The Season for Ginger Snaps by Katie Carver

Author:Katie Carver [Carver, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Ginger pulled a pie out of the oven and turned off the timer. She was finally catching up on the orders, but with only two weeks to go until Christmas, she’d be busy until Christmas Eve. She knew she needed to focus more time on winning the Baxter house in order to even stand a chance, but finding the time was proving more difficult than she thought. When the list for the contest had been made public, Ginger hadn’t anticipated that so few people had entered their names for contention. Besides her and Jake, only two others had submitted their names for consideration; Mayor Curtis and Sheriff Sam. She wasn’t surprised by the Mayor’s name but the Sheriff was something of a shock. The most astonishing of all was that Franklin did not enter. Even though he was probably not interested in the house, the fact that he wouldn’t try to win just to donate the property to the town was interesting. He was forever trying to cozy up to Mayor Curtis and it seemed out of the ordinary for him to pass up an opportunity to further that connection. She was grateful for the lack of competition, but it would still be a difficult contest to win. Jake had support that she hadn’t expected and Sheriff Sam was respected and adored by the whole town. And if there was one thing Ginger knew to do, it was to never underestimate Mayor Curtis.

When she walked up front and was surprised to see Matty waiting for her near the counter. She must’ve been too deep in thought to hear the door chime. A visit from Matty was rare. She never liked to leave her antique store during regular business hours. Matty also didn’t like to be kept waiting.

“I didn’t hear you come in, Matty. Is everything okay?” Ginger asked.

“Well, that depends on your definition of everything being okay, doesn’t it?” she asked quickly.

Ginger was used to Matty’s hurried and forceful nature and learned to never take offense to it. “I guess it does,” Ginger said and smiled.

“I came by to tell you that you have my vote for the Baxter House. I can’t for the life of me figure out what you want to do with a big old house like that, but that’s your prerogative.”

“I really appreciate that, Matty. I have a feeling I’ll need all the votes I can get,” Ginger said glumly.

“No one will vote for Mayor Curtis. Everyone knows he just wants the house to use as his Mayoral Office and that isn’t what Carol Baxter would have wanted. She had just about as much patience for him as I do. Now, Sheriff Sam, his running might cost you a couple of votes. I’m still trying to find out why he wants it. He’s lived in his home for thirty years and there has to be more to that story than he’s letting on. I’m going to get to the bottom of it. I think your only real competition is going to be that Jake person.

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