Love Gently Falling by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2015-01-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Rita was surprised to see that all three beauticians had clients in their chairs. All three patrons were elderly, and the middle-aged woman in the waiting area explained that they were from a nearby retirement home. “Do you mind if I ask what made them choose Hair and Now?” Rita said to the woman.

The woman looked slightly uncomfortable. “The truth?”

“Please, I’d like to know.”

“Well, the location is handy, but more than that this place never seems very busy. It’s nice that I can bring three at once, even on short notice. That saves me some time.”

“Thank you for your honesty.” Rita smiled. “So if this place was more busy, but we were still able to handle three of your ladies at once, would you still bring clients to us?”

“Sure, why not.” She held up her hand. “And another thing. I like that you’re on the lower level and that Donna lets us park in back and use the back entrance.”

“Good to know.”

“Do you plan on becoming busier in the future?” The woman frowned at the salon as if she had her doubts.

“I’m doing some renovations and marketing that I hope will bring in new patrons. But even if we do get busier, I’d like to accommodate your ladies. Maybe we could have a senior day with discounts. Maybe offer treats and make it a fun social time.”

“That sounds great.”

Rita wrote this down in the idea section of her notebook. Then she turned back to today’s list and remembered her promise to call Vivienne at Roberto’s.

“We miss you around here,” Vivienne said after Rita gave her the update on her mom’s condition. “But I understand your desire to help with your mother’s little salon and you can take that third week, although your vacation time will be used up at two weeks.”

“Thanks, Vivienne. I appreciate it.” Now Rita told her about the lime green chairs. “They’re so cute. I can wait to see how the whole thing turns out.”

“Send us photos,” Vivienne said. “Before and after.”

“Good idea.”

“Hey, while I have you on the line, are you interested in our discontinued line of PBG product?”

Rita looked at the shelf she’d recently emptied. “We desperately need product and I love PBG, but we can’t really afford it—not with all the other expenses of renovating.”

“Can you afford to cover the postage?”

“Seriously?”

“Yes. If you pay shipping, you can have it all.”

“Oh, Vivienne. That would be fabulous.”

“Great. It’s just taking up space in the storeroom. Email me your shipping address and we’ll get it out of here by tomorrow.”

Next Rita called Aubrey, giving her the latest updates on her mom and the news that she was extending her visit by another week. And then, since Aubrey was being chatty, Rita decided to mention a certain janitor. “He works for a company called Jolly Janitors. Can you believe it?”

“Kind of like Merry Maids?”

Rita laughed. “I guess…”

“So…you’re having a little romance then,” Aubrey said with interest.

“No, it’s not a romance. I’m just saying he’s kind of interesting.

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