line.
“Stop talking. She’s coming to,” Izzy warned. The swoosh of her A-line skirt filled the air as she bent down and got closer to my ear. “June dear.”
“What happened?” I pretended to not remember the whole entire conversation or engagement. If only. I really didn’t want to remember. I wanted to remember the feeling I had when I truly thought the vision was going to be me. Me and Oscar. How stupid was I?
Oscar and I hadn’t even gotten back together since he lost his memory, though he did know about my spiritual gift and how Eloise was his aunt.
“I can tell you what happened.” An angry Petunia stepped into my vision. To take it like a man, I propped myself up on my elbows ready for the blow. I had ruined the happiest moment of her life. I deserved what I had coming to me. “You, June Heal, have ruined my proposal!”
“I…” I sat up but Izzy put a hand on my shoulder to stop me.
“Petunia, you stop that.” Izzy gave her a stern warning.
“Stop what? The truth?” Arabella asked. She obviously didn’t know the protocol around here and I was all too eager to teach her by escorting her right out of town.
Petunia planted her fists on each side of her swirly hips and nodded her head agreeing with Arabella. Petunia’s floor length black skirt hung like a pair of drapes over her hips and it didn’t help her shape with the scoop neck shirt tucked into the waist band. “She asked what happened and I’m going to tell her.” She shook her fist at me before she pointed to Arabella. “Well, she’s going to tell her.”
“You can’t stand to see someone in love now that you have lost Oscar and you don’t want her to be happy.” There was an evil twinkle in Arabella’s gorgeous eyes. She made evil look beautiful.
“Me?” I jumped up, knocking Izzy almost to the ground. “I changed the by-laws for you and Gerald.” I ignored Arabella and spoke straight to Petunia.
“For me?” She cackled out loud. She poked my chest with her finger. “You liar! That was for you and Oscar. He was the sheriff and you are the owner of A Charming Cure which meant you couldn’t be together.”
Damn. She was half right. When I first moved to Whispering Falls, Rule Number Three stated that you couldn’t have more than one shop in the family. I had no idea why that rule was in place, but it was stupid. Especially since I wanted Oscar and the rules prevented me from it. I had also known that Gerald and Petunia were secretly dating, which I told no one, and when I became Village President, I knew it was going to be the first rule I was going to amend. Now that it was on the table, we would take a final vote at the next meeting.
“That is not true.” Okay, half true. “I want you and Gerald to be together. You two love each other. Besides, it’s a silly rule.”
“Yes we do love each other and you of all people should be happy for us.” She stomped her foot. Her messy up-do tilted to the right. A small chipmunk held on for dear life before it scurried back into the mop-top of hair piled high on her head. “And God knows we have waited a long time to get married.”
She was right on that too. Each of them had to be in their late fifties and neither of them had been married.
“You took the Presidency away from me and now my engagement.” For a minute I thought she was going to hit me. “What else do you want? My pet shop? My bees? My life?”
Arabella nodded right alongside of Petunia, giving Petunia the courage she needed to slam me.
Oh no. I was in big trouble. She was never going to let me live down the whole Village President situation. It wasn’t like I had campaigned to be in charge. It wasn’t like I moved to Whispering Falls and craved to be the leader. I wanted to open my homeopathic cure shop and live happily ever after with Oscar by my side. So far, it’s been far from happily ever after.
Petunia had always wanted to be in charge when Izzy stepped down and that was how it might
“Stop talking. She’s coming to,” Izzy warned. The swoosh of her A-line skirt filled the air as she bent down and got closer to my ear. “June dear.”
“What happened?” I pretended to not remember the whole entire conversation or engagement. If only. I really didn’t want to remember. I wanted to remember the feeling I had when I truly thought the vision was going to be me. Me and Oscar. How stupid was I?
Oscar and I hadn’t even gotten back together since he lost his memory, though he did know about my spiritual gift and how Eloise was his aunt.
“I can tell you what happened.” An angry Petunia stepped into my vision. To take it like a man, I propped myself up on my elbows ready for the blow. I had ruined the happiest moment of her life. I deserved what I had coming to me. “You, June Heal, have ruined my proposal!”
“I…” I sat up but Izzy put a hand on my shoulder to stop me.
“Petunia, you stop that.” Izzy gave her a stern warning.
“Stop what? The truth?” Arabella asked. She obviously didn’t know the protocol around here and I was all too eager to teach her by escorting her right out of town.
Petunia planted her fists on each side of her swirly hips and nodded her head agreeing with Arabella. Petunia’s floor length black skirt hung like a pair of drapes over her hips and it didn’t help her shape with the scoop neck shirt tucked into the waist band. “She asked what happened and I’m going to tell her.” She shook her fist at me before she pointed to Arabella. “Well, she’s going to tell her.”
“You can’t stand to see someone in love now that you have lost Oscar and you don’t want her to be happy.” There was an evil twinkle in Arabella’s gorgeous eyes. She made evil look beautiful.
“Me?” I jumped up, knocking Izzy almost to the ground. “I changed the by-laws for you and Gerald.” I ignored Arabella and spoke straight to Petunia.
“For me?” She cackled out loud. She poked my chest with her finger. “You liar! That was for you and Oscar. He was the sheriff and you are the owner of A Charming Cure which meant you couldn’t be together.”
Damn. She was half right. When I first moved to Whispering Falls, Rule Number Three stated that you couldn’t have more than one shop in the family. I had no idea why that rule was in place, but it was stupid. Especially since I wanted Oscar and the rules prevented me from it. I had also known that Gerald and Petunia were secretly dating, which I told no one, and when I became Village President, I knew it was going to be the first rule I was going to amend. Now that it was on the table, we would take a final vote at the next meeting.
“That is not true.” Okay, half true. “I want you and Gerald to be together. You two love each other. Besides, it’s a silly rule.”
“Yes we do love each other and you of all people should be happy for us.” She stomped her foot. Her messy up-do tilted to the right. A small chipmunk held on for dear life before it scurried back into the mop-top of hair piled high on her head. “And God knows we have waited a long time to get married.”
She was right on that too. Each of them had to be in their late fifties and neither of them had been married.
“You took the Presidency away from me and now my engagement.” For a minute I thought she was going to hit me. “What else do you want? My pet shop? My bees? My life?”
Arabella nodded right alongside of Petunia, giving Petunia the courage she needed to slam me.
Oh no. I was in big trouble. She was never going to let me live down the whole Village President situation. It wasn’t like I had campaigned to be in charge. It wasn’t like I moved to Whispering Falls and craved to be the leader. I wanted to open my homeopathic cure shop and live happily ever after with Oscar by my side. So far, it’s been far from happily ever after.
Petunia had always wanted to be in charge when Izzy stepped down and that was how it might
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