Tuesday was my day to run the shop since Claire had that day off, and with Saw at school all day, I could catch up on some of the work I’d been neglecting for the past week. I had payroll to do for myself and Claire, and I needed to update my online inventory and refresh my auction listings. Plus, my bookkeeping could use a little tending.
Since those kinds of tasks were not my strong suit, they required all my attention. I could get very absorbed in what I was doing, so I asked Santiago to come get me at noon so I wouldn’t work right through lunch.
I was well into balancing my books when I saw the denim-clad legs of someone standing in front of my desk. I looked up with a start and saw a woman with a long, dark braid, brown freckles across her pale nose, and a broad-brimmed hat on her h
