CHAPTER NINE
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Two days earlier
July 17th
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KATE WAS HELPING A client, a woman dressed in a very theatrical outfit. The little bell over the door chimed, and she glanced at the door. Alice came into the shop, swinging her bag on a finger.
Kate peeked at her watch. It was almost ten. She smiled at Alice and continued to show the amber jewelry to the woman with the flowing kaftan, asking herself, and not for the first time, who wore a kaftan in the middle of summer.
Kate wished the woman had decided already so that she could go in the back and talk to Alice. Now that she had made her choice, she was anxious to move on with her plan.
Finally, the client decided on a set sporting a necklace, a bracelet, and earrings. Relieved, Kate rang the charge on the woman’s credit ca
