The overnight bag she’d brought with her had some toiletries and a pair of pajamas. When Daisy asked, Lily said she had more than enough clothes in her old closet. They were going to have to talk about that, Daisy decided, thinking about the dress that had shocked the Taskers and driven Jacob into overdrive. Lily had never been shy, she loved the shock factor, but some of her clothing choices were outrageous.They were too busy on Wednesday night to talk much about plans, but as Daisy cut and styled hair Thursday, and Lily made a Going Out Of Business sign and called customers who’d left things behind to be repaired and had never picked them up, Daisy’s mind spun wildly.Bell Grove was her safety net; this shop was her parachute. She was comfortable here, so comfortable she’d stopped growing. Now that she realized what she’d been doing by trying to keep her parents’ memories vibrant by living their lives, it seemed so obvious. And so wrong. Maybe that’s the reason Jacob had seemed so attractive to her, for a while.
