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    She sat back on the couch, irritated. She supposed Chris must have just grabbed the wrong box out of the van – in which case, he might notice his mistake when he discovered the correct box left in the van at the end of his deliveries. Or then again, he might have already delivered her order to someone else – and if they didn’t open it straightaway, it could be days before the mistake was discovered.
    If the books had been from a genre she normally read, she might have been able to make the most of it, tried something different. But none of these were the types of books she liked reading – they were sports biographies and historical or scientific non-fiction. Juliette loved romance, crime, fantasy, adventure – even science fiction – anything that transported her to a new world, that allowed her to become consumed by the story. Anything that got her hooked and meant she might need to read into the early hours of the morning just to find out how the book would finish.
    It wouldn’t matter so much if she hadn’t had her heart set on opening the pages of one of new novels and escaping within it. If she hadn’t been relying on one of these books to clear her mind and ready herself for her visit to the study. Well, she wasn’t so reclusive these days that she couldn’t handle a simple, bloody phone call. She would just have to ring Suzanne and ask her to send Chris straight back with the correct books. She stood up from the couch and walked purposefully to her phone. She was surprised to find, though, when she actually picked up the receiver, that she was hesitant to dial the number. Come on Juliette , she thought crossly, snap out of it – you can still function in the normal world.
    She made the call and waited while it rang, five, six, seven times before it was picked up.
    ‘Pages and Chapters, Kaylee speaking. How can I help you?’
    ‘Hi Kaylee, this is Juliette Walsh. I need to speak with Suzanne, please.’

    ‘I’m sorry, but Suzanne isn’t in the store right now.’
    ‘I thought you had a book signing on? Chris told me that was why Suzanne hadn’t delivered my books herself.’
    ‘We did. But now Suzanne’s taken Harper out for a coffee. Can I take a message?’
    Kaylee was keeping her tone crisp and professional, which was bugging Juliette. She had thought that even if Kaylee hadn’t recognised her surname as Danny Walsh’s widow, she would have realised Juliette was an important customer once she heard that the store owner usually delivered her books personally. Most of the staff at Pages & Chapters were very familiar with Juliette, were warm and friendly and eager to please her. Kaylee had to be new.
    Juliette tried again. ‘I’m sorry,’ she said politely, ‘but no, I’d rather not just leave a message. I have an issue that needs to be dealt with immediately. I’ve just had an order of books delivered and they’re wrong. I need them to be picked up and the correct box delivered straightaway.’
    ‘Chris is doing all the deliveries today, if he’s back he’ll be in the office. I’ll transfer you,’ said Kaylee – not a note of concern in her voice about the problem, and no apology for the mistake that had been made.
    Before Juliette could say another word, the line was switched to hold. She waited for several minutes, curling the cord around her finger impatiently as she listened to the tinny sounds of the instrumental hold music. Finally the muzak gave way to the sound of the phone ringing once again.
    ‘Pages and Chapters, Kaylee speaking. How can I help you?’
    Juliette rolled her eyes. ‘Kaylee? It’s me again, Juliette?’
    ‘I’m sorry?’
    ‘This is Juliette – you were transferring me to Chris, about my book order.’
    ‘Chris must still be out doing deliveries. Can I take a message?’

    Juliette ignored this and instead asked, ‘When is Suzanne due back in the store?’
    ‘Suzanne doesn’t deal with book orders, Chris does. What’s your number