Three French Hens (Aloha Chicken Mysteries Book 7) by Josi Avari

Author:Josi Avari [Avari, Josi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quill Canyon Press
Published: 2020-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

Saffron and Mano spent the afternoon gathering poinsettias from Red Mountain to make Christmas leis for all the townspeople.

Mano was an expert carver, a wonderful ukulele player, and a really terrible lei maker.

“Well, these aren’t right,” he said, holding up a knot of flowers and leaves.

“No,” Saffron said, taking it from him and looking for any hole big enough for someone to put their head through, “Not quite.”

The Empress had taught Saffron to make leis. One rainy afternoon before a baby shower for Saffron’s friends the Tuckers, she and the Empress had sat in the Empress’ big house and woven thirty leis. Saffron was pretty good at it now, but she wasn’t an expert in the way the Empress was, and she didn’t know how to teach Mano what to do.

“Uh, here,” she took the one he was working on, “I can figure it out if I’m actually doing it. She unwound the string from the stems of the flowers and worked to re-wrap it.

“You’re good at that,” he said from over her shoulder.

“I’m learning,” she said, “I’m slow. The Empress could have made three for every one I’ve made.”

“We should get her over here,” Mano chuckled.

“We can’t. She’s in Honolulu with Lyza and Davis for Christmas.”

“Oh, she’s going to love that.”

“But it means we’re stuck here with no lei expert.”

“You’re on your way to being one,” he said, “Just need to make about . . .” he squinted at the rack holding about twenty leis, “a thousand more.”

She laughed. Mano always made work seem like fun.

“Well, I’ve got all evening,” she said.

He picked up a blossom and handed it to her, “well,” he said, “you’ve also got a helper.”

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