The Hat Shop On the Corner
“For a small woman with broad features, a hat that would give her a lift and make her seem taller and slimmer was important, and its slightly upturned brim should work perfectly. As she fitted the final piece of satin trim on the inside, Ellie watched Harry Regan across the street as he began to shut up his shop.
She had a lump in her throat as she saw him stack the unsold boxes of shoes into the boot of his old Volvo Estate. Walking boots, fine Italian men’s leather shoes, lace-ups and sandals, all unsold, would now be consigned to charity. He was such a nice man and would be missed. Her mother had always relied on Harry and he had helped her many times over the years. The time the pipes burst and the shop flooded, and when a mouse infestation had sent herself and her mother running out into the street, and only two years ago he had boarded up the shop window with a sheet of plywood after a break-in. It was hard to believe that today he was finally closing up and retiring.
At six o’cl...ock everyone in the street gathered in Regan’s Shoes to say farewell.MoreLess
She had a lump in her throat as she saw him stack the unsold boxes of shoes into the boot of his old Volvo Estate. Walking boots, fine Italian men’s leather shoes, lace-ups and sandals, all unsold, would now be consigned to charity. He was such a nice man and would be missed. Her mother had always relied on Harry and he had helped her many times over the years. The time the pipes burst and the shop flooded, and when a mouse infestation had sent herself and her mother running out into the street, and only two years ago he had boarded up the shop window with a sheet of plywood after a break-in. It was hard to believe that today he was finally closing up and retiring.
At six o’cl...ock everyone in the street gathered in Regan’s Shoes to say farewell.MoreLess
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