Just A Small Town Girl

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Book: Just A Small Town Girl Read Free
Author: J.E. Hunter
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area, but parallel to the door, sat a circular table with a black sparkly cloth spread over the top of it. A large, crystal ball sat in the center of the table surrounded by burning candles and incense. Crystals, in their raw, stalactite form, were situated in a circle around the candles. Just outside of the crystal ring, a stack of tarot cards sat in front of one of the two chairs pulled close to the table.
    “Please come and sit at the table dear,” she walked across the room to deposit the adorable baby on his stomach in the middle of the play mat before sitting in front of the tarot cards at the circular table.
    I hesitantly sat across from her, perched on the edge of my seat.
    “Oh it gets hot under here,” she exclaimed, throwing back the hood of her cloak and exposing shoulder length hair a color between light blonde and gray with a thick streak of green running through the side of it, “Now, um, um. I’m sorry dear the cards told me you were coming, but it seems they forgot to tell me your name,” she smiled at me endearingly and I couldn’t help smiling back.
    “I’m Piper.”
    “Yes of course Piper Lee!” I didn’t ask how she figured out my middle name, “And I am Rose Charlemagne-psychic, fortune teller, extraordinaire!” she waved her arms around with flourish while she spoke, “but you can call me Rose my dear.”
    I nodded, instantly liking this woman possibly more than I liked my own mother.
    “Now, let’s see what has brought you here to me Piper,” I licked my lips preparing to explain my reasons for moving to Dunesville, but she began pulling cards from her tarot deck and making thoughtful sounds before I could, “Yes, the eight of cups,” she placed her index finger on a picture of a man walking toward the sea with cups spread behind him, “This is the card of letting go and moving on, very interesting,” she pulled another card, a picture of a man pushing a woman and child in a gondola while swords protruded from the front of the boat, “The six of swords, for lost love,” she pulled another card, this one featuring a naked man and woman holding hands, “The lovers’ card, for taking a new path, possibly not alone,” she winked at me suggestively “and one more to see the future,” she pulled a final card from the deck, a wheel sat in the center, surrounded by dissipating clouds, “Ah, the wheel of fortune, my favorite card. For fate and luck,” she raised one eyebrow at me appraisingly before leaning back in her chair and smiling broadly, “It seems you were meant to be here.”
    She smacked her palms against the tabletop making me jump, but not disturbing the babbling child across the room. I gathered she did that a lot and the little boy was used to it. Rose used her palms on the table to push herself up to a standing position, rocking the crystal ball lightly with her motion.
    “Come on Piper Lee,” she scooped the baby up and grabbed a key ring from a hook by her front door before throwing the door open with flourish and stepping into the hall
    I scrambled to my feet and followed her, stopping for a moment, debating whether or not to close her front door.
    “This is where Effie Bach lives,” Rose pointed at a door across the hall from hers, “she’s a good friend of mine,” the baby smiled at me over her shoulder as she walked a few steps ahead, toward a flight of stairs at the end of the hall, “she also bakes the most delicious sugar cookies at Christmastime,” she turned to look at me, stopping at the foot of the stairs, “You will be here at Christmas won’t you?” her eyebrows furrowed like she was focusing on something before brightening again, “Of course you will be!” She began up the stairs and I followed, equal parts confused and entertained.
    “Now this is your apartment,” she placed a key in the door on the right side of the upstairs hallway, “and that is where Riley lives,” she tilted her head toward the door directly across the hall

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