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“I need to go check on so,” she said “And in case I haven’t already said this a thousand tireat, volunteering and all”
“Sure” She sensed that he wanted to say so else, but held back
As luck would have it, by ht drizzle (damn it) and a couple of hours later the sun came out full force
Carounds with Henry, both of thes in tow Henry’s little dachshund-Chihuahua mix, Hector, and Toby were semi-friends (except when one of thean to fly)
Even Claire was at the festival Since their “talk” the other night, their relationship had reverted back to their aard retted confronting Claire Moret would have been if she’d played ostrich and buried her head in the ground Eventually, Claire would come around Or at least, Mimi hoped she would
The booths were all doing slow but steady business, and the entertainh that it was now currently besieged by a bevy of little tappers and little ballerinas Everyone kept stopping her to congratulate her on what a success the whole thing was Too bad it was all going to explode in her face Luckily (ha!) Harry Tuba took pity on her That, and the promise of a two-thousand dollar check had convinced hiht It was better than nothing, she supposed At least the Gray Flaos liked Harry Tuba Most of them, anyway
At four pm, the committee met for one last time before the scheduled concert
“I told you this weather would clear up!” Viola said
Wendy pulled out her planner “So, I have the volunteers ready to rope off the big grassy area in front of the stage I figure it will hold around five hundred people That’s five hundred tickets at twenty-five dollars a pop, which ensures we’ll break even with the band Andsurprise, too! I et that sweet Rusty and a couple of other police officers to go to a rental place in Destin to get one of those portable dance floors”
“That’s brilliant!” Bettina squealed Tofu barked in agreement
“I knoasn’t in our budget, and it was crazy expensive to get on such short notice, but when the sun can and I just had to do it So I put it on my credit card”
“You shouldn’t have,” Mi her hardest not to faint
“Oh, don’t worry! I know the festival cole person I’ve run into today says they can’t wait to hear Fatback Bubba Did you know they’re going on tour with Billy Brenton? That’s how good they are! The ticket sales will cover the band and the food and drink booths are going toThis festival is going to do go down in Whispering Bay history!”
It was going to go down in history, all right
Everyone began talking at once All happy and excited Mimi should confess this instant Except, if she did, then everyone on the coht now that Fatback Bubba and the Rattlesnakes would be replaced by Harry Tuba would be the kiss of death The festival would fizzle faster than a wet firecracker and all those vendors and businesses would be out a few hours’ worth of revenue, which coulda profit or not