Chapter 271
Edwin
Avis’s shop was quiet as the others filed in one by one, each giving me a quick nod or a whispered greeting before settling into the scattered chairs around the display table. The bell over the door chimed softly as Peter entered last, closing it gently behind him.
Once everyone was there, Avis glanced around, raising an eyebrow. “Alright, Edwin. What is this secret meeting about? You sounded like we were pulling off a heist or something and needed to use my shop as our criminal headquarters.”
“We might as well be,” I said, glancing around at everyone. “Audrey’s birthday is coming up and I want to surprise her with something big. Huge. Bigger than a party or an expensive necklace.”
“Good luck with that,” Tina muttered from where she was perched on Avis’s worktable in the back. “The girl had got a sixth sense for sniffing out surprises. You’ll be lucky if she doesn’t figure it out before we even start.”
“That’s exactly why I need all of you to help me,” I replied. “Look, she’s got her heart set on starting this charity–and she’s doing great, selling a lot of designs online to save up for a space. But right now, she’s doing all of her work out of the apartment, and well… It’s a disaster in there.”
As I spoke, I couldn’t help but picture the state of our small apartment. We’d both decided to remain there rather than moving to the estate–I was still teaching at Grayspring and Audrey’s friends and mother were nearby, so it just made sense -but it was cramped.
Very cramped.
“Trust me, we know,” Betty chimed in, chuckling. “I was there yesterday and the place is covered from top to bottom with fabric and packing materials. I feel like one or both of you is gonna die of suffocation in there.”
I sighed, running a hand through my hair. “Exactly. And that’s why I was thinking we could do something about it.”
A silence settled over the room, and I could sense that they were getting what I was hinting at.
“I want to find her a real workspace,” I continued. “A small office, maybe. Just somewhere she can have a desk, some shelves, and a little breathing room. I figured I could quietly look around and maybe find a place she could afford on her own, something she wouldn’t feel guilty about. You know how she is about taking help from others.”
My Silver Star. Always offering help, but never wanting to take it
the street, a silent mention of the place that Audrey had obviously been pining
head immediately. “She won’t go
It’s too expensive, and she wants to be able
being stubborn about this. We had
head. “What if we just did it?
perch. “Are you implying that we should buy that place for
mouth curved into a grin. “Why not? She’s done so much for us, for this whole community. She deserves it. We could all go in
neck uncertain. “I don’t know… She won’t even let me buy the place for her, let
to pay us back,” Peter added somewhat
on his arm. “We can give her a reason not
a little bit lost as to what she was getting
+5
fall into place. It was a foolproof plan, one that would perhaps piss
feel
arrived faster than I expected. My nerves were wound so tight I could hardly stand still, but I kept my
without any big celebrations. She didn’t mind that,
we had so much more planned
journal from Tina, a hilariously ugly sweater from Peter, and the list went on. But
this a joke? Edwin, I’ve literally seen you
is just part of the gift. Fasten it around
piece of
trust us,” Tina said with a mischievous
a glare, but I could see the flicker of curiosity in her eyes. “Fine.”
her face to make sure she couldn’t see, and once we were all satisfied, we helped her to her feet and
whined, stumbling a little as I guided her
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