A Chance Encounter

Chapter One

“Meghan, mind placing the new book arrivals on the respective shelves?” Maureen asked, the owner of Boutiques with Coffee.

“I’ll get right on it, boss."

Meghan got up from her chair and quickly made her way to the book cart, where all the new arrivals were waiting for cataloging into the store’s computer system. Meghan was fortunate; there were only thirty or so books in total on the rack, and while bitterly boring, the process wouldn’t take too long.

The genres of the books were the usual, same old genres that most guests buy as they stop by at the store. Unfortunately for Meghan, who was a proud book lover, the books were the least desired part of the store. Guests come for the art and the coffee, and while Boutiques with Coffee had its origins as a bookstore, those days were long gone.