CHAPTER TEN
With no sign of Henry in the plaza, Charlotte rushed back to the bookshop. There were no customers in, but Rosie was at the tree, a box on her lap as she removed every card.
“Oh no.”
“Oh yes, darling. I’m going to cross-reference each one left because we kept note of every donation but I think about thirty are missing.”
“Just the gift card?”
“Quite a few unclipped to leave behind the decoration.”
Was there no end to this?
Charlotte helped Rosie and they quickly discovered there were thirty two cards missing with a value of almost three hundred dollars. Rosie’s chin lifted and her eyes were steel.
“Nobody does this to us. To our town. I’m over the crime and this is the final straw!”
With a small smile, Charlotte gave her a quick hug. “Good for you. Esther is in tears, T
