Page 28 of Wolfish
Then they ended the call, and Daniel began to eat breakfast with her. “I’ll be taking you to the shop and staying with you the rest of the day. Some of our deputies found the files that those men stole scattered in the forest.”
She frowned. “I’m glad they found the files, but what creeps they are. I’m glad that you will be at my shop.”
“I agree.” He didn’t even want to think of the mess her files would be in. But he suspected it would be a tangle to straighten out.
They finished breakfast and then cleaned up the dishes. “Are you ready?” She sounded anxious, and he didn’t blame her. She was eager to get this over with and hoped it would have a good turnout. With a wolf-run town, he knew it would.
Sure enough, as soon as they arrived at the shop, the MacTire sisters came to help out in case she needed any assistance.
More boxes were delivered that morning, so she was glad to have their help. And they all began putting the merchandise up on the shelves and racks, while Selena stuck price tags on it.
“We’re going home to make some treats,” Laurel said.
“I need to make those chocolate chip cookies,” Daniel said.
Ellie smiled at him. “A man after my own heart.”
Daniel laughed. “But you’ll have to come home with me, Selena, and we’ll have lunch, then return to the shop.”
“Sounds good,” Selena said.
At lunchtime, they locked up the shop and the MacTire sisters returned to their hotel, while Daniel and Selena went back to his home.
“How about grilled ham and cheese sandwiches?” Selena said.
“Sure, that would be good.” He got the ingredients out for the chocolate chip cookies to make seventy-two.
She began making the sandwiches and grabbed a couple of individual packages of potato chips. Then she plated them.
They ate the sandwiches and chips, then he went back to making the chocolate chip cookies while she cleaned up the pan that she had used to cook the grilled ham and cheese sandwiches.
She helped him with the cookies, and then he put them in the oven to bake. But he had to bake several dozen before he was done.
She was already eating one of the ones hot out of the oven, the chocolate chips all melty.
He smiled and bit into one also. “I made enough for you to keep some for yourself.”
“What if we run out at the shop?”
“Other food will be there.”
“Or we can make more when we get home.”
“Sure, we can do that.” He ate some more.
She did too. “Okay, I’m ready to go back to the store.”
She sounded worried that they wouldn’t get back on time, but they still had another hour to go.
“All right. Let’s go.”
What they couldn’t believe was that there were cars parked outside of her shop already.
“I feel like I’m late.”
“You’re early. So are they. Customers just want to make sure they can get a look at your merchandise before anyone else can.”
Then Brett came with a big sign for the grand opening and helped Daniel hang it.
