Page 123 of The Seven Rings
“Great meeting you.”
“Sonya’s Collin Poole’s niece. She’s up at the manor.”
Carrie’s large brown eyes widened. “Oh.”
“Seen any ghosts?” her son wanted to know, and Sonya smiled.
“All the time.”
“Don’t know if I could do it,” Carrie said. “As beautiful as that place looks up there on the cliffs, don’t know if I could live there.”
“Bet it’s cool.”
“It really is,” Sonya told Hogan. “I don’t suppose I could take some of these products right from here.”
“Absolutely.”
“It’s crazy, but I’m doing a little advance Christmas shopping.”
After studying her choices, she took out two cakes of soap in pale blue, a body scrub with blue flecks, the coordinating shower gel, body lotion, a pair of candle tins. Arranged them in a group.
“Add a good book, a bottle of wine, maybe a pair of pretty wineglasses, put it together in a nice basket. My aunt will love it.”
“Add a book and such.” Gigi pursed her lips. “Maybe a fancy guest towel, too, or a bath pouf. That’d make a nice window display.”
“Wouldn’t it? I’ll take all these, and if I can, another set like it in this scent.” She picked up a deep purple soap. “Gorgeous.”
Checking off her mental gift list, she gestured. “And one more set in the equally gorgeous fuchsia.”
“You sure made my day,” Carrie told her.
“Isn’t hurting mine either.” Gigi began ringing up the purchases.
“We love your products. They’re lovely to use, lovely to look at. You make them all yourself. That’s impressive.”
“My sister and I.”
“And?”
Carrie laughed at her son. “And Hogan’s a big help when he’s not in school. My daughter, too, and my sister’s two girls.”
“A family business, and a creative one. I imagine a lot of people would love to know more about it. If you ever want a web presence.”
“We’ve got a website.”
Behind his mother’s back, Hogan rolled his eyes, and she said, “I heard that!”
On a grin, he lifted his shoulders. “Lame. Old, creaky, and lame. Not you, Mom, the website. We need to move into this century.”
“Sonya’s the one who pulled me into it.”
Sonya gave her client a smile. “It’s what I do.”
“Web pages and like that?” Hogan asked.
“Web pages and all like that.”
“Got a card or something?”
