Experiment in Terror (Koehler Brothers Book 1) Read Online Free PDF

as he took out several boxes of greeting cards from the bottom of his case.
    Amanda stood and left her office. Justin had told her it was getting busy and he needed some help on the register. Not wanting to be alone with Dennis, she had chosen to be the one to help out in the store. She knew she was in for a grilling from Jenessa after Dennis left.
    She glanced at her watch. Her second appointment would be arriving in fifteen minutes. Thank goodness it was a woman. She didn’t think she could handle another flirtatious man today. Once again, the homeless man flashed into her mind. She couldn’t help wonder if he had been as attracted to her as she had been to him.
    Amanda went to help the customer waiting at the register. After she had rung up the purchase and the lady had left the store, she made her decision.
    She’d do it. She’d ride her bike home at the lunch hour on the excuse of needing something she had left at her house. She was probably courting disappointment. The man had probably already left along with the group of homeless men. They moved around during the day and sometimes she had seen them lounging on the large open area of grass in front of the library.
    She was too restless to remain at work for the remainder of the day without seeing him. If she had to, she would go to the library and check out a book. But she must see him again today. She had to know if the attraction that had been there earlier was still there or if it had been a momentary thing.
    After Jenessa had finished up with Dennis, Amanda watched her accompany him to the front door. Then Jenessa turned and headed straight for her, but before she could begin the interrogation Amanda knew she had coming, a woman stepped up to the register and informed her she had an appointment with Amanda Barton.
    “That would be me.” Amanda smiled. “You must be Kathy Chambers.”
    The young woman nodded.
    “Have you had a chance to look around the store?”
    “Yes, I came in and viewed your inventory before I called you for an appointment,” Kathy said.
    “Let’s go back to my office,” Amanda suggested.
    Amanda couldn’t help but smile as she informed Jenessa her next appointment was here. She’d take the temporary reprieve from the questions Jenessa had in store for her as to why she had asked her to sit in on the previous interview. They both knew that never happened.
    As they entered her office, Amanda invited Kathy to spread her jewelry out on her desktop. Since it was similar to another artist’s jewelry already in the store, Amanda was sure she wouldn’t be inviting her to display her products.
    Unfortunately, it would be a disappointment to the young woman. It wasn’t personal. Just a smart business decision. She was careful about giving the artists who were already in the store any competition by allowing more products in that were too similar.
    Amanda gave her the courtesy of listening to her presentation and then explained to her why she wouldn’t be asking her to sign a contract at this time.
    “But if you have a business card, I would like to have it,” Amanda told her. “I never know when an artist might decide for one reason or another to pull out of the store. If that happens, I would be happy to call you.”
    Kathy reached in her bag for a card and handed it to Amanda. Then she carefully put all her jewelry back into the case she had brought it in. Thanking Amanda for her time, she left the office.
    Amanda leaned back in her chair with a sigh. She could tell Kathy had obviously put a lot of time into the creation of her jewelry and she hated to tell her she didn’t have a place for her at the moment.
    Jenessa entered Amanda’s office and without any ceremony plopped down into a chair.
    “I noticed you didn’t need me in here for the last interview,” she said, smiling.
    “No, I felt able to handle it myself.” Amanda smiled back.
    “All right, tell me what the interview with Dennis was all about.”
    “I just