Chapter 27

VOLUME TWO: KNOW ME WELL

RILEY GOWER HADN'T PLANNED on spending her anniversary surrounded by boxes of stock and empty shelves. From a business standpoint, the empty shelves were a good thing. It meant people were actually buying the products she carried, in addition to the medications kept behind the counter. In the year since she'd bought out her boss's share in Wishful Discount Drugs, that had often meant the difference between keeping the lights on and having to rob Peter to pay Paul. She was in the black - barely - and that merited celebration, albeit more of a chips and queso and margaritas at Los Pantalones variety than champagne and caviar.