Page 48 of Wolfish
Peter explained, “Meghan and her sisters wanted it dropped off right away. They didn’t want to wait until your shop was closed for the night.”
She thought that was cute. She started thinking about Daniel and whether he wanted to wear a costume that matched hers for the Halloween party. She was excited about doing that with him.
She loved to dance, though the guy she’d been with before didn’t like to, and it was a chore to get him to the floor for one or two dances. She hoped Daniel liked to dance.
When the shop was quiet, she called Daniel. “Hey, you’re not trying to sleep, are you?”
“No, what’s up?”
“Silva just told me about the Halloween party.”
“Oh, yeah, in two weeks. I forgot to mention it. I planned to take you to the party. Is that all right with you?”
“Sure. I have a Greek dress I was going to wear to the shop that day, then to the party. Do you want to wear something to match? I can be Princess Andromeda, and you are Perseus, my rescuer from the sea monster.”
He laughed. “Sounds perfect. I’ll have to get a costume for the period, but that should be fun.”
“Great. Do you dance?”
“Hell, yeah. When I was on active duty with the Army, we had many dances that we were required to attend. I danced with the single women, though they were human so I never dated any. But I love to dance. What about you?”
“Absolutely. If your arm feels well enough by then.” She’d forgotten about that.
“It will. It should be good in a few days.”
“I’m excited about the party and dressing up for it.”
“Me too. I’m glad Silva mentioned it.”
Another woman entered the shop. “I am also. Oh, I have to go. Get some rest.”
“I will.”
Then they ended the call, and the new customer said, “I’m looking for the rug with a skeleton crawling out of the…oh, there they are. I’m staying at the Silver Town Hotel and I loved theirs.” She examined each rug style. “They’re all so adorable. I’ll take one of the skeleton rugs. I’m going home today and having a Halloween party at my house. It will be perfect for greeting my friends when they arrive.”
“That sounds like fun.”
Then two more women entered the shop, and one saw the woman holding the rug with the skeleton. “Oh, this is the shop that is carrying those rugs. We saw the one in the dress shop next door with the kitten.”
“I’m getting one for my Halloween party at my home,” the other woman said, clutching the skeleton rug.
“Oh, it should go over fabulously. I want to get the one with the cat. We’re going to the tea shop next door afterward.”
“Silva, the owner, has drinks, soups, and sandwiches, and desserts that are out of this world,” Selena said.
“That’s where I’m going to go too then,” the first woman said.
The ladies purchased their rugs and then headed next door to Silva’s tea shop.
When they left, Peter said, “You’re good for each other’s businesses.”
“We are. This has been great.”
Mainly because the other shops were buying her merchandise, displaying it in their stores, and sharing where they’d purchased it. But it was easy to promote Silva’s food and drinks too.
Before her shop closed for the night, Roxie dropped in. “I had to see the new rugs. Oh, my, they’re even more colorful and adorable than the pictures indicated. I’ll get one of the witches to sit on the floor of our gift shop. How many have you sold?”
“I had ten of each. I sold twenty-eight to humans and wolves.”
