Page 18 (1/2)
"I’ll go up" Freddy looked down at the clothes in his arht want these" He looked around "I don’t see a ood quality, hardly worn" He ot to be kidding!" The custoister whirled around "My husband would kill for a zoot suit" She looked hirinned and nodded towardhim back, I’m sure Ms St Clair will have it ready to sell by the end of the night"
"You bet I will" I took the suits into the back roo the to a sulking Valdez My dog didn’t speak, not with customers still fairly close by I’d warned him about that too ht Daered a fox collar I’d picked up fro out her closet
"Another reason you need to go upstairs Damian’s up there too, with Flo, but Blade knows Daht Of course Da he can to rub it in As if Blade really cares who I have fun with" Oops My grin slipped and unfortunately I sounded bitter
Freddy smiled "You deserve some fun and Damian’s hot But then so’s Blade" He shook his head and tossed the fox back on the table "I should be so lucky as to have two hunks wanting aram at the worst possible time Threatened to show up And not for fun either Because he thought I was in danger"
"Danger?" Freddy put his hand on my shoulder "What’s happened? Why would he think that?"
"Ask him Upstairs" I patted his hand, then shut the storerooed onto a stool "How are you doing?"
Lacy looked up and yawned, a real jaw cracker "Sorry If I didn’t know better, I’d think I was dying, I’reat day We sold a ton of stuff Look around"
Sure enough, there were significant inroads into our stock I could definitely squeeze in a o to bed We need to talk about a better schedule for you Maybe hire soht I was Wonder Woht" She stretched, a sinuous lanced at a customer, "um, eat"
"Go, then" I pushed her toward the door "I’ll count receipts, put away our excess cash if there is any"
"There is It was a great day" Lacy looked Freddy over "Your hed and hooked arms with her "Sure But I’ll walk you upstairs Glory’s afraid there’s " Lacy looked back at uys involved in the action?"
"They’re all eligible Help yourself" I picked up a stack of receipts Lacy made a face "Wouldn’t you know I look like hell?" She fluffed her hair
"You could use a little blush" Freddy nodded toward the counter "Mother left soay!" She patted his cheek "Thanks I know about thefro rooms
"Lucky She can actually use a mirror" I looked down at my fifties pencil skirt and twin set Red Which Blade had always said was ood So who’s it going to be, Blade or Da"
"But they don’t hurt" Freddy patted uys a chance See what develops"
"The only thing developing with either of theo upstairs and check for survivors Okay?"
"Onlike she’d just taken a twelve-hour nap instead of working all day Did I really want her to help herself to theWhatever Blade infuriated me Damian infuriatedat all Lacy and Freddy left and I was too busy to spare thes to make room for iving up the store just because Westwood had come to town And, , I really could afford to hire someone else
The store was empty when the bell tinkled on the front door Derek
"Freddy was upstairs last I knew"
"I’h his hair "I’ for a job"
"Here? You want to work for e student Vintage rock band T-shirt, faded jeans and running shoes A decent look in this college town Of course he was to-die-for handsome
"I’ve had retail experience" He strolled over to the rack I’d just set up in one corner "Frederick’s suits" He sighed and glanced at the tag "A bargain Man, I wish I’d known him then"
"You know him now So why do you need a job?" Were the von Repsdorfs in financial trouble? They’d always lived well, but, unlike Blade, Freddy didn’t own businesses or seem to work Certainly CiCi never had
"No financial problems Freddy has investments I want my independence" Derek , but you’re so easy to read"