CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Everything was black, covered in soot. Tears flowed down Aggie’s cheeks as she, Coco, and her parents visited the shop the following morning. They’d been advised not to enter for a few hours so they’d all gone back to Ted and Trixie’s house where they’d tried, unsuccessfully, to sleep.
“I can’t believe it. I just can’t believe it. You could have been here. You could have been killed,” Trixie whispered, pulling Aggie close to her and shaking her head as Ted looked on.
“It’s all ruined. Everything’s ruined,” Coco said. “We can’t sell any of this. Everything stinks. What are we going to do?”
“We’ll figure it out, girls. Don’t worry. We’ll figure it out,” Ted reassured them.
The door suddenly burst open and Christie ran inside. “Oh my God, I came as soon as the girls we
