Ill-Gotten Panes (A Stained-Glass Mystery) - Plot & Excerpts
Lavenders and blues, pinks and purples flared across the textured plane. I carefully tipped the sheet of glass against the window, studying it, looking for the bright spots and soft spots, the direction of any visible wisp lines. It was one of my favorite parts of the process. Those were the moments that allowed me to put aside the worries of the day and focus on the craft at my fingers. Those were the moments when all else disappeared for me, and all I knew was the pattern of the glass and where its truest colors lay. But as I placed the glass on the worktable and began taping down the pattern pieces I’d copied from the intact side of the lampshade, the usual sense of peace and focus eluded me. Reaching for my marker, I tried to turn away the thoughts campaigning to be admitted to my consciousness. With each pattern line I traced on the glass, I tried to push aside the questions troubling me: How did one go about discovering the fair price of lumber? And why would Andy Edgers charge above it?
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