The Secret of the Jewel Shop by Olivia Swift

Author:Olivia Swift [Swift, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lirios Publishing
Published: 2017-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

9

In a lull in the shop activity, Carly told Katarina about the lavender scent and how they had searched for the history of the hotel.

“I don’t know how you feel about spirits and readings and things like that,” she said with a smile, and Katarina grinned back.

“I love it,” she looked thoughtful. “So, our sign shop was part of the hotel as well?” she queried, and Carly nodded.

“And the shop on the other side.”

“But that one is being refurbished to open a sandwich shop,” Katarina added.

“I wondered about that with the workmen in there,” Carly answered and asked if her new assistant would like to see the photos. Katarina was delighted and, like Carly, loved the pictures of the hotel.

“My dad has a wonderful printer for his work. These pictures would be a piece of cake. I’ll ask him if he minds printing them later.”

“Then we found Emily Duval,” she showed the picture of the young woman with the baby and the scent of lavender filled the room to the point of being overpowering.

“I guess she is saying that you are right,” Katarina said and added. “We like the lavender, Emily.” Another paper rose fell off the table and the girl picked it up.

“We know he was Charley Rose,” Carly said out loud. “We are going to find out what happened to him.” She turned to her friend. “Unfortunately, the baby in the picture is Jed Duval’s great- grandfather, and I really wish we had never gone to see Jed. His mom gave us the photo and the letter, though, so we are a step nearer.” Katarina said that she would look up the history as well, and the door jingled to admit another customer who turned out to be Kim. She had a few flowering roses in pots and wondered if they would look suitable at the door.

After introductions, Kim wanted to ask Carly about dresses for the wedding day.

“There is so much happening, my head is starting to spin,” Carly said, “but I would like a lovely dark green or dark blue to contrast with the bride.”

“And fitting,” Katarina added. “You don’t want to look huge and meringue-like.”

“Exactly,” Carly agreed. “Dex and Evan will have to work like mad on the house to finish the changes before the big day.” Kim told them that as Dex was best man, Evan had asked Rob Manners to be the second usher. Carly grinned.

“He will love walking you down the aisle. The man has been smitten since he was about five years old.” Kim laughed.

“Oh yes. I know all the old jokes will come out. He is one of my best friends but, more to the point, he was Evan’s climbing buddy in the army,” Kim answered.

“Oh, it is so exciting and to think that if Jazz had not gotten the job to restore the garden, they would never have met,” Carly said and stepped up to serve a lady with two bracelets.

“I love this pink shade,” she said as she paid and Carly told her that rhodonite was a very calming stone to wear.

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