Peacock Emporium

There had been the ladies from the department store, where Jessie’s aunt worked, who had oohed and aahed over the wall hangings

carbon copy of her mother, a

Lucy’s voice rose in exasperation.

plate with a don’t-bring-me-into-this expression

Like she was somehow genetically predisposed to do all the housework.

little lot for

She knew they thought her picky and over-deliberate

with whom they were on first-name terms