Summer Breeze by Catherine Palmer

Author:Catherine Palmer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9781414329192
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011-03-17T20:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Patsy was putting the final strokes of topcoat on Ashley Hanes’s fingernails when she noticed Cody sweeping up under another stylist’s station. The curly-haired young man focused on his work with all the concentration of a brain surgeon. Ever since he had started helping out at Just As I Am, she noted, the salon looked fresh, clean, and tidy.

“I hear Cody’s turning out to be quite an artist,” Ashley said.

“It sure took me by surprise,” Patsy replied. “The first thing I realized was that he had a kind of flair for organizing the styling tools. He wound their cords just so and placed gel, spray, mousse, and shampoo in neat rows.”

“Didn’t he work on the curtains, too?”

“Yes, Brenda Hansen taught him how to use the washing machine, and the next thing I knew, he had washed every curtain in the salon and then hung them up again. He found a long piece of ribbon, snipped it up, and used it to pull them back.”

“I thought he could barely tie his shoes,” Ashley said. “And now he’s making beautiful bows?”

“Not only that. See those flowers on the checkout desk? I never could get them to look right. But Cody went to work on them, and now they get so many compliments that I bought more flowers for him to put into garlands and posies.”

“I didn’t know Cody made those! I saw they were for sale, so I bought one and hung it over our bed. Brad hasn’t noticed, but I think it looks really pretty.”Ashley reflected for a moment. “What got him started on painting the walls?”

“I noticed he was always looking at the hairdo magazines. He told me he would like to paint those pretty ladies, if only he could. So I bought him a watercolor pad, some brushes, and some paper—and lo and behold if Cody didn’t knock the socks off everyone with his portraits. So I just decided to give him the whole wall. He works on it every day and night whenever he has a spare moment.”

Both women studied the large mural. Then Ashley said, “There’s something kind of weird about it. Do you know who those women remind me of?”

“Jennifer Hansen?” Patsy asked.

“Yeah. What’s the deal with that? Does Cody have a crush on her or something?”

“Oh, I think he sees her when he’s over at the Hansen house working with Brenda on his social skills and his reading.”

“I hope he’s not getting too attached to Jennifer. I heard she’s going to be a missionary.”

Patsy nodded. Steve and Brenda’s older daughter had returned to Deepwater Cove after a mission trip to Africa. Jennifer had her heart set on living in a jungle somewhere and teaching people about God. She was beautiful, smart as a whip, and sweeter than molasses. But she hadn’t even noticed the moon-eyed young man who dawdled nearby every time she came in for a trim. One of these days that girl was going to recognize herself on the wall of Just As I Am, and Patsy feared that her reaction might hurt poor Cody.

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