The Night Remembers
“"Line two," she added, carelessly dropping the receiver back onto the cradle of the phone as she punched the hold button.
Daphne looked up from her drawing board, her stomach clenching in anticipation. "Who is it?" "Clare." Elaine made a face as she got up from her desk. "From the Dragon Lady Boutique. Again." Daphne's stomach unclenched. She placed the violet pencil she had been using in the shallow trough at the bottom of her slanted drawing table. Pushing up the sleeves of her silk knit swea...ter with a resigned gesture, she reached for the wall phone that hung to the left of her cluttered work space.
"She says we positively, absolutely did not include the beaded belts with that last shipment of dresses," Elaine began to explain before Daphne had a chance to lift the receiver. "I told her they were packed separately so as not to snag the dresses, but does she listen to me? No-o-o, of course not. She wants to talk to you. I told her you were too busy but—" Daphne shook her head at her assistant, silencing her tirade, and put the receiver to her ear.MoreLess
Daphne looked up from her drawing board, her stomach clenching in anticipation. "Who is it?" "Clare." Elaine made a face as she got up from her desk. "From the Dragon Lady Boutique. Again." Daphne's stomach unclenched. She placed the violet pencil she had been using in the shallow trough at the bottom of her slanted drawing table. Pushing up the sleeves of her silk knit swea...ter with a resigned gesture, she reached for the wall phone that hung to the left of her cluttered work space.
"She says we positively, absolutely did not include the beaded belts with that last shipment of dresses," Elaine began to explain before Daphne had a chance to lift the receiver. "I told her they were packed separately so as not to snag the dresses, but does she listen to me? No-o-o, of course not. She wants to talk to you. I told her you were too busy but—" Daphne shook her head at her assistant, silencing her tirade, and put the receiver to her ear.MoreLess
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