Chapter 16
‘I’m Lizzie,’ said the plump young woman with the baby on her hip. ‘You’re welcome to browse, but I’m afraid I don’t know much about the stock. There are more than five thousand plants, and lots of them aren’t labelled. Plants aren’t my thing. Grandpa’s the only one who knows what half of them are, and I’m afraid he’s not here.’
‘I heard about Doug,’ said Mel. ‘So very sorry.’
Lizzie gave a sad smile. ‘It will kill Pa to see this place go, but what else can we do?’ She looked from Mel to Kim as if hoping to find the answer written in their faces. A soft sigh. ‘Tube-stock’s one dollar. Everything else is two dollars. Oh, except for the orchids. They’re three dollars, but all the big ones have already sold. You get a twenty-five per cent discount on bulk purchases – that’s twen
