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- Authors: Mary Kay Andrews
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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Something was off. Cara Kryzik was no psychic, but the minute her bare
feet hit the floor that morning, she sensed it.
She sniffed the air apprehensively and was met with the sweet perfume
from the tiny nosegay of gardenias—her favorites—that she’d placed in a
sterling bud vase on her dresser the night before.
Had she overslept? No. The big bells of St. John the Baptist cathedral
were ringing the eight-o’clock hour as she descended the stairs from her
apartment to her shop one floor below.
Cara shuffled down the narrow hallway to the front of the darkened
flower shop. She flicked on the wall switch, and the multitude of thrift-shop
chandeliers she’d hung at varying heights from the tall-ceilinged room
twinkled to light, their images reflecting from all the mirrors staged around
the space. It was a small room, but she thought the chandeliers and mirrors
expanded the space visually.
See? She scoffed at her own foolish sense of foreboding. All was well.
She pulled up the shades over the front windows and smiled. It was a
bright, sunny Friday morning, and within seconds, her puppy, Poppy, had
her nose pressed against the glass-paneled front door, watching a pair of
squirrels scamper past on the sidewalk outside on Jones Street.
The message-waiting light was blinking on the shop’s answering
machine. She gave the machine a fond pat. Business had been slow. But it
was May. Mother’s Day was next Sunday, it was prom season, and wedding
season, too. Things were already picking up.
And then? She felt a single bead of perspiration trickle down her back.
She frowned. Why was it so hot in the shop? Even for Savannah the room
seemed stuffy and overheated. Cara went to the thermostat on the wall and
squinted, trying to see the reading.
She’d turned the thermostat up before bed last night, just to 81, hoping
to save a little on her always spiraling electricity bill. The air-conditioning
unit was temperamental at best, and her landlord was never prompt when it
came to making repairs. She had a string of appointments in the shop today,
and it wouldn’t do to have brides and their mamas stewing in their own
juices.
She fiddled with the control for a moment, holding her breath, waiting
to hear the compressor click to life. When it did, she exhaled. See? All is
well.
Before she could sit down to check her emails, the shop phone rang.
She’d known who the caller would be. “Good morning, Lillian,” Cara
chirped. “How’s our bride today? Is she getting jittery?”
“She’s still asleep, thank God,” Lillian Fanning said. Never one to waste
time on pleasantries, Lillian got right down to business. “Listen, Cara, I’ve
been thinking. I know we said white candles for the altar, but with an earlyevening wedding, I really believe ivory or ecru would be much more
effective.”
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