Ink Magic (Ink Sorceress Chronicles) by Gilbert Erika

Author:Gilbert, Erika [Gilbert, Erika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-04-02T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Mom cried when she saw my torn skirt. I expected her to complain about how much the material cost, not to mention the work that went into fashioning it.

“I’m sorry, Mom,” I said.

She didn’t say a word, she was far too worried about paying the electric bill and no doubt wondering where the money for next week’s food would come from.

Calculator in hand, she’d been staring at a pile of bills for the last ten minutes. Eventually shoving the whole lot into the already full draw of unpaid bills, she moved to the sink. Silently washed the dishes, clearly exhausted, she knocked a plate off the bench. When she stooped down to get it tears were in her eyes.

“Here, mom. Let me get that.” I collected the broken parts of the plate and wrapped them in newspaper. “Leave the dishes, Mom.”

She let me take the dishcloth from her hand and smiled wearily. I couldn’t do much to help her with the bills, but at least she might get the chance to rest.

“I should go into work early today. See if I can put in an extra shift.” Brushing a soft kiss on my cheek, she grabbed her jacket from the hook by the door, shouldered her purse and left.

Seeing her leave the house to work a double shift pretty much pushed my case of guilt right over the top. Mom needed a break. She worked seven days for months on end, only stopping when she was forced by public holidays.

I decided to make up for the trouble I caused by finding myself a part time job. I phoned Carrie to see if she’d be willing to talk her dad into throwing a few shifts in his coffee shop my way. Carrie was ecstatic; she hated working and only did so because her father forced her to. Since his daughter only agreed to work for money, he wouldn’t lose out by hiring me instead. In fact, because he only had to pay me minimum wage, I guessed he’d probably be better off. I got the feeling I might end up working there every day.

I went straight to the shop after hanging up the phone. She was going to show me the ropes on my first day, which suited me because I wanted to talk to her about what happened with Leeza and Daniel.

Carrie began showing me how to work the till when her mother arrived.

“Carrie, darling,” Karen Gale said, kissing the air either side of her daughter’s rouged cheeks. “Jim tells me you have the afternoon off.”

The women exchanged conspiring glances and something told me Karen’s presence wasn’t entirely coincidental.

“Yes, mom. Did you hear there’s a sale on a the jewelers?”

“Oh, really,” she replied, sounding not the least surprised. “Well, we might just look in on our way to the salon.”

They practically raced out of the shop.

Jim Dale looked pale and I imagined he was considering the beating his credit card would take.

“Lucy,” he said when his girls left the shop.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.