PHOEBE
My, wasn't he just a man of surprises? She stared at him, clearly confused. "Don't most people listen when they are making deals?" she said. But her lips curved into a smile as the fabric was placed into her hands. Success!
"Well, a bedroom doesn't exactly suit a business meeting, but we have a porch and a balcony. I can make sure you have privacy to discuss business matters and then you can have them charge your tab." she said with a smirk. Then they both won, really. He had a reserved space on dry land, and he paid for her girls' services for his clients.
"In a week the building should be ready for furniture if it all goes to plan." she said with a smile. But his compliment was unexpected. "Now you're just trying to flatter me." she said with a laugh.
As they waited for the young man to finish writing up his last sale, she set out her bag and presented all the medicines she had. Some practical things , pain relievers, things for fevers, healing salves and tonics, things for sea sickness and sunburn, and some more specific remedies having to do with her trade as a midwife. But surly some of his crew or himself had wives that could use them. Or he could re-trade them.
"Well, a bedroom doesn't exactly suit a business meeting, but we have a porch and a balcony. I can make sure you have privacy to discuss business matters and then you can have them charge your tab." she said with a smirk. Then they both won, really. He had a reserved space on dry land, and he paid for her girls' services for his clients.
"In a week the building should be ready for furniture if it all goes to plan." she said with a smile. But his compliment was unexpected. "Now you're just trying to flatter me." she said with a laugh.
As they waited for the young man to finish writing up his last sale, she set out her bag and presented all the medicines she had. Some practical things , pain relievers, things for fevers, healing salves and tonics, things for sea sickness and sunburn, and some more specific remedies having to do with her trade as a midwife. But surly some of his crew or himself had wives that could use them. Or he could re-trade them.
When the static clears
And all is said and done
I will realize that we all need someone
