Chapter Six
“You called him, didn’t you?” Roxanne exclaimed, when Caroline walked through the door of her boutique. She hadn’t seen Roxanne since their evening together several weeks before.
“Yes, I did,” she said absently, moving to a new rack of sweaters. “I love these. You’re getting fall things in so soon?”
“You surprised me,” Roxanne, stopped for a moment and appraised her friend as though she were looking at her for the first time.
“Apparently I surprised Max Burton, too.” Caroline browsed through a rack of sale priced shorts. “You didn’t tell me you’d reduced these.”
“Surprised Max? Really?”
“I’m not going to tell you a thing,” she snapped sweetly.
“Nothing?” Rox squealed unhappily.
“Nothing. Because I’m not certain what I’ll do.”
Roxanne was curious. “But he’s got you ho
