Nita Jacobs huffed out a breath and leaned on the heavy-duty outdoor push broom. She'd recently purchased it along with dozens of other odds and ends, maxing out at least one of her credit cards in her pursuit of the perfect opening day for her brand-new store.
It was a good thing she had others, along with a healthy loan from her bank. Her eye for space and design were a blessing when it came to decorating her new storefront. Nita did not trust others to get it right. Okay, so she was a bit of a control freak. Whatever.
One of her recent purchases was a huge ceramic planter made to look like a giant ice cream cone standing four-feet tall. She'd filled the large container with the right mixture of pebbles, gardening soil, and peat moss. Then she'd spent the next thirty-minutes arranging
