Three Woofs for the Dead, White and Blue by Laura Quinn

Author:Laura Quinn [Quinn, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Saturday, July 9th

Before the rescue fair began, Claire and Baron took a long walk. Along the way, they spotted Kyle’s Mobile Hive parked outside the Friar’s Fryer. Claire waved to get his attention, but he was loading the large yellow barrel of waste vegetable oil that would be converted to fuel. A call from the shop stopped her from crossing the street.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your walk, but Lil Angels arrived with eight dogs instead of four,” Barbara said.

“Oh boy, I know we’re already pretty tight upstairs. How about if we move the café tables outside to make room for them downstairs?” As Barbara relayed the plan to Zac, Claire noticed the beekeeper was about to step into his van. “Hold on,” she said to the phone, waving her arms to attract Kyle’s attention. “Hey, Kyle” He turned his head, then ducked into his van and drove off. “That guy is always in a hurry,” she said, returning to the call. “We’re on our way back now.”

When Claire arrived, Zac was wheeling out the last table. Emma was packaging the latest batches of treats while Marti and Peggy worked with the shelters to set up their tables. Fifteen minutes before the store opened, the shop was ready for its second day of grand opening festivities. Claire and Barbara welcomed visitors as they entered, handing each a listing of the participating shelters and the day’s specials. With the press and social media coverage from the prior day’s ice cream social, it was a full house. One guest in particular caught Barbara’s full attention.

“It’s so nice to see you,” she said, blushing slightly.

“Lovely to see you too,” Claude said. He tucked his cap under his arm and smiled. “That’s a lovely scarf. It brings out your beautiful eyes.”

Claire smiled as she watched the interaction, but was distracted at the sight of Simone, struggling through the door with a tri-panel screen. “What’s this?” Claire asked as she helped her friend.

“This is our pop-up dressing room for busy periods. Peggy said she needs it to set up some kind of interview room for the shelters, and I was glad to help.”

“That’s news to me, but I love the idea.”

“I hardly recognized her voice. She was so eager to surprise you.”

“We had a long talk after her outburst yesterday,” Claire said. “When I told her that that her actions jeopardized the shelters’ fundraising, something clicked.”

“Or she remembered the holiday she’s saving for,” Simone said. “Oh, that sounded terribly negative. Maybe she is starting to think of others. Well, I better get back to my shop, though it seems all of North Haven is here.”

Claire looked at the stream of people coming in, noticing that Claude was pushed to the side by a woman wearing a large sun hat. Simone handed an envelope to Claire, to be given to Traci’s senior dog group.

“They will appreciate this, thank you. And thank you for bringing this screen. I’ll drop it off tonight.”

Claire texted Peggy about the delivery then walked over to rescue Barbara.

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