Much Ado About Muffin
“Janice said, when I complained of being out of the loop. “Crystal Rouse is the crazy dame who runs Consciousness Calling, that new age mumbo jumbo crap that Emerald is involved in.”
I felt a tingle of uneasiness. “But Em is doing so well with them! She’s straightened out her life, gotten Lizzie settled down, and . . .” I caught a glance between Janice and Mabel and the tingle buzzed up the scale into wholesale anxiety. “What’s going on?”
“You’ll figure it out soon enough,” Mabel said, w...ith a throaty chuckle. “I need a cigarette. You fill her in on the rest of that crew, Janice.” The manageress disappeared through the swinging doors into the kitchen.
“‘Rest of that crew’? What does that mean? Is Emerald okay? There’s some trouble between Minnie and . . . what was the name? . . . Crystal?”
“Shush, let me drink some coffee.” Janice cleared her throat, took a long slurp.MoreLess
I felt a tingle of uneasiness. “But Em is doing so well with them! She’s straightened out her life, gotten Lizzie settled down, and . . .” I caught a glance between Janice and Mabel and the tingle buzzed up the scale into wholesale anxiety. “What’s going on?”
“You’ll figure it out soon enough,” Mabel said, w...ith a throaty chuckle. “I need a cigarette. You fill her in on the rest of that crew, Janice.” The manageress disappeared through the swinging doors into the kitchen.
“‘Rest of that crew’? What does that mean? Is Emerald okay? There’s some trouble between Minnie and . . . what was the name? . . . Crystal?”
“Shush, let me drink some coffee.” Janice cleared her throat, took a long slurp.MoreLess
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