The New Generation (The Exceptional Sophia Beaufont Book 17) by Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle

Author:Sarah Noffke & Michael Anderle [Noffke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798885412629
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2022-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

The Silk Armory had seen better days. From Sophia’s perspective, any day had to be a better one for Jeremy Bearimy, the shop’s owner.

The giant tarantula was understandably in a sour mood when Sophia walked into his seamster store to find the place totally ransacked. She tensed, worried for many different reasons, and also had the fleeting thought that the large spider might be angry enough to eat her by the look in his beady eyes.

“Is everything okay?” Sophia looked around the store where silk fabrics were strewn across the floor, and completely covered it. Shelves were toppled over in all directions and supplies had spilled out, littering the place with sharp needles and measuring tapes and various other things. “Were you robbed? Are you hurt?”

“Robbed?” Jeremy Bearimy turned to face her, hovering high above Sophia. “You mean burgled?”

“I think I mean burglarized, but I feel like we’re having a conversation over semantics rather than the obvious concern.”

The hairy creature shook his round head. “No, I haven’t been burglarized or robbed. Juergen happened.”

“Oh.” Sophia heard a shuffling sound coming from the back of the shop. She’d met Jeremy Bearimy’s assistant on the few occasions that she’d been there. He wasn’t the most graceful on his feet, but there was something strange about the character that she’d yet to put her finger on, as if a weird competence lurked under the surface. It was like King Rudolf. He seemed dumb as a brick, but then too often he surprised everyone by saving the day and being the most valued person in battles.

“He dropped a thimble.” Jeremy Bearimy sighed and looked around at the disheveled shop.

“By thimble, do you mean a bomb?” Sophia had to ask.

The tarantula shook his head. “When he bent over to get it, he hit his head on a stand and that spooked him so he fell back into the shelves and knocked all of them down. But then, against my pleas, he tried to catch them, which sent all the bolts of stacked fabrics tumbling to the floor. Inside of ten seconds, he’d created this mess.”

Sophia offered a sympathetic expression. “Do you want my help cleaning it all up? I could have everything back in place in seconds.” She held up her hand, ready for the command.

“No, but thank you,” Jeremy Bearimy answered. “Actually…” He glanced down at the floor and picked up a small brass button that should have been lost in all the mess. “This is quite fortuitous. I’ve been looking for this button for over three decades. I’d nearly given up hope, and here it is!”

The excitement in the tarantula’s voice grew as he held the small button up to the light, his eyes sparkling with sudden joy.

“That button…” Sophia studied the small item, but didn’t see what was so special about it. “That’s a long time to look for something like that.” What she didn’t ask was the obvious question of “Why?”

Jeremy Bearimy snapped his hairy leg back down while still clutching the button.

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