EXCERPTS FROM the SILVER SISTERS MYSTERY "A CORPSE IN THE SOUP" A CORPSE IN THE SOUP - BOOK 1 | Page 11

~Chapter 2~
Chili shined the Georgian silver tea set while she told her
mother about the elderly cruise ship passenger who dropped his
glass eye in the clam chowder. Goldie laughed. “That reminds me
of your Grandma’s friend Hymie Kaplan. He would take out his
glass eye and set it on the table. ‘Here’s lookin’ at you, Kid,’ he
used to say.”
She pointed to a set of tarnished silver goblets that needed
attention and Chili attacked them with her polishing cloth. As
she began another story, the little hammer vibrated against the
metal bell on the old fashioned telephone.
Goldie sprinted to the back of the store. Even before she
answered the phone, the prickle at the base of her neck told her
who was calling.
“Silver Spoon Antiques. Hello, Godiva.”
“Goldie, I’m so glad I caught you. Is Chili there with you by
any chance? I’ve got some wonderful news for her.”
Goldie gritted her teeth. “Caught me? Where did you think
I’d be the last week of the tourist season? And yeah, Chili’s here,
but every time you say you’ve got wonderful news, it’s only
wonderful for you. So, what are you after?”
“Goldie, how could you say that? Do you really think I’d take
advantage of your daughter?”
“You certainly would,” she snapped back.
Goldie rested the phone against her shoulder and called for
Chili. “It’s your Aunt Godiva.”
Chili abandoned the silver polish and slid the phone beneath
her mass of copper ringlets. “Auntie! How are things going down
in California?”
Goldie fidgeted with a display of silver-plated hand mirrors
and hairbrushes wondering what Godiva was up to now.