Witch of a Bride (Witch Reborn, #3) by Belinda White

Author:Belinda White [White, Belinda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belinda White
Published: 2020-10-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

By the time I made it back to the shop, the wind had picked up. From the dark clouds rolling in, it looked like we were in for quite a storm. Time to batten down the hatches.

I walked in to find Kimberly anxiously looking out the back-shop window. She looked over to me with worry in her eyes. “This looks like tornado weather to me.”

Anyone who had spent any time living in a little metal box had a healthy fear of tornados. Smart people had that fear, even without that living experience. They weren’t things to mess around with.

“Have there been any sightings?”

She shook her head. “No.” She shivered just a bit. “Just the hair standing on end at the back of my neck. I think this one is going to be bad.”

I glanced up at the clouds. She just might be right about that. “You think we should close up the shop and head home?” We had a basement there. That wasn’t the case at the shop.

Kimberly hesitated but finally shook her head. “No, I don’t think so. We’re closer to the kids’ school here. I think that’s more important.”

She would. Mothers thought things like that. I know I always did.

“Well, if you start feeling different, you let me know and we’ll head out.”

As it was, closing up shop turned out to be a necessity. That’s because as I was going to turn the sign on the door to open, the lights flickered twice and then went out.

And with all those black clouds overhead, getting sunlight through the windows really wasn’t a possibility. It got dark quick. Kimberly came through from the back room with a flashlight. “How’s about we put a couple of these antique kerosene lanterns to good use?”

I nodded. Sounded good to me, and I always kept a bit of kerosene on hand for just that purpose. Within minutes, we had the place lit up again. Not quite as bright, but at least we could see well enough.

“Open up or stay closed?” Kimberly looked at me.

It was a fair question. I was old-fashioned in the running of my store. Nothing here really that we couldn’t do just as well with or without electricity. But why look a gift horse in the mouth? Having an afternoon to catch up on backroom stuff might not be such a bad thing.

Besides, with the electricity out, we would likely be the only store in town to be open, which meant we just might be even busier than ever. Not something I felt like handling right at the moment. Some fools didn’t know well enough to stay inside and out of the rain. Not if meant getting a bargain.

“I’d say we stay closed. We can still hang out here until school lets out. Then we can just collect the kids and go home. Unless, of course, the lights come back on.”

Not that getting the power back that quickly was a likely scenario. Last time the power had gone out in Wind’s Crossing, it had taken a full day to get it back.

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