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Chapter 1

Sheila

“My grandson sends ood for He forgets about me all the other days of the year!”

I nodsrit my teeth

Today has not been fantastic

Don’t gethere at the Love in Bloom flower shop It’s the kind of place I’ve always drea employed here

I have always tried my best to be a professional and helpful worker, especially at ti h,in front ofto do my best to stay patient

“What are soet that I haven’t mentioned yet?” she demands

She’s gone down the list of all the people in her life to whoiven flowers and why Then she started in on listing all the people who have ever given her flowers, what type they were, and why they did so Now, she at least see me different questions about various kinds of flowers

“Well, so those you haven’t mentioned, are daylilies and coslad to have a way to hurry the conversation along

She looks around again

“I’m just not sure…” she replies “Can I have a few more minutes to decide?”

“Of course, take as much time as you need,” I answer her

She’s probably just a tire kicker, a lonely lady here to talk and not really to buy, but it’s still my job to help her out

She s up various plants and shaking her head at each one before putting it back down I watch her for a second, wanting to s to be too obvious about my reaction to her

I decide to go back tosome of the other flowers They face the , so I can s me

Marsha, the owner andnearby and watching reet her and see that she’s carrying a file of papers under her arm