Chapter 3

" Good morning Amanda." Bridgette smiled at the girl as she walked into the store.

" Morning Bridgette, I thought your Grandmother was coming in this morning?" Amanda looked up from a book that had every item that they have in the store.

" She will be here later, along with Leigh, and I will be here until lunch time, and then I will be leaving for the hospital." Bridgette headed for the back area and to the office.

" Ok that sounds great, so she will be here after lunch then, oh we have four new boxes that came in yesterday afternoon." Amanda followed Bridgette into the office.

" Ok, so you and whoever was working with you did not unpack these boxes?" Bridgette sat down at the desk and began looking at some of the invoices that was on the desk and that was in the in part of the desk organizer.

" Well they came about ten minutes before closing and your Grandmother said just leave it for today, so that is what Leigh and I did, we left it for today." Amanda said as the bell on the door dinged.

" Ok, take one of the boxes and open it and put it into the log book, and when am done logging these into the computer then I will come out there to help you, now go and see to our guest." Bridgette smiled at Amanda who smiled back.

Amanda nodded and closing the door as she left the office and walking to the front of the store to help out whoever came into the store.

" Ok where do I even began." Bridgette said to herself as she looked at the small stack of invoices.

Picking up the first invoice and pinning onto the arm that was sticking out from the monitor, she then started to enter the items onto the computer.

It was an hour later Bridgette finished entering the last item on the paper into the computer.

Bridgette got up and put the invoices in the outbox which was located just outside the office so, when they are done unpacking the boxes either her or Amanda will double check to make sure that everything on the invoices are listed in the log book.

" Bridgette it is so great to see you, and how is your Grandmother doing?" an elderly lady asked as she looked up from the jewelry case.

" Hey Ms. Maple she is doing great, she will be here later today." Bridgette came up to the elderly lady and giving her a welcoming hug.

" That is great news." the elderly lady returned Bridgette's hug.

" So what can I help you with this morning?" Bridgette pulled away from the little old lady.

" Yes you can help me this morning. Jenny is having a 21st birthday, and well she was telling me about a ring and she even texted me the picture so that way I know what the ring she really wants." Ms. Maple looked back down into the show case.

" I see, do you see the ring in this case?" Bridgette watched the lady look over to the case.

" No I do not see it in this case, here let me show you the picture of the ring." Ms. Maple started looking for her phone in her small bag.

The bell rang out and a couple came into the building and Bridgette began to wonder why they look like someone that she had seen before.

Amanda went up to the couple and asked them if they needed help, but they told her that they were just going to look around.

" Ok here we go this is the ring she wants." the elderly lady found the picture and showed it to Bridgette.

" Ok, then follow me over to the front counter so I can look up and see what area of the store that the case is in, and also to make sure that it was not sold." Bridgette lead the lady to the front counter that was close by the entrance.

" Ok, I just hope that you still have the ring?" the older lady said as they stopped at the other counter.

" Ok let's see here, alright that whole tray was moved to a new case, and the ring has not been sold, so if you like to follow me, we can get the ring for you." Bridgette looked at the computer screen and saw that the whole tray that was in the case that they were looking at have been moved to the middle of the room and closer to the wall.

" Oh that is great to hear, sure please lead the way." the elderly lady said with a huge smile on her face.

Bridgette and Ms. Maple walked down the main part of the store and came to the area where the case was located.

" Ok, here we are, and let get the tray for you." Bridgette stopped next to the glass case that was full of trays of jewelry.

" And there is the ring, it really is beautiful oh and I would like to see that ring that is next to the one that I want." the elderly lady asked, when another ring caught her sight.

" Ok that is a very popular design back in the late 1860's." Bridgette took out the other ring and handed it over to the elderly lady.

" Wow, so are you saying that this ring is that old, or is it a copy?" Ms. Maple took the ring from Bridgette and began looking at it and even put it onto her finger which it fit perfectly.

" Yes ma'am it is that old, and no it is not a copy, it is the real thing." Bridgette told the older lady.

" And did you have the ring looked at it?" Ms. Maple held up her hand so the gems of the ring could sparkle in the light.

" Yes ma'am we did have it looked at and even appraised at $1,300, and we have all the paper work on it too, and the other ring is also real and has been appraised too, but it is a lot lower in price, that is because it is from the early 1900's." Bridgette said as the couple came up to the case that she and the elderly lady was standing at.

" I see, you know what I will take both of the rings." the elderly lady looked at the younger lady with a smile on her face.

" Ok that is great anything else can I get for you?" Bridgette put the tray back into the case and put both rings into her pocket that was on the aprons that the staff wares to protects their clothes from dust.

" Why don't you help these nice people, I want to look around some more before getting the rings." Ms. Maple smiled at the couple.

" Ok Ms. Maple. Hello is there anything I can help you with?" Bridgette nodded to the elderly lady before moving onto the young couple.

" Hello, we saw a couple of things we would like to see but they are locked up in cases." the young woman nodded back at the older woman before turning her attention to Bridgette.

" Ok please, show me the items you would like to see." Bridgette smiled at the young lady.

" Ok well the first case we would like to look into is close to the front of the store." the girl motion towards the front of the store.

" Ok then please lead the way, um . . . what is it that you want to see first?" Bridgette asked as the bell over the door rang out.

" Yes, the item I would like to see is a wedding ring set." the girl began to lead them over to the case close to the entrance.

" Ok, hey Martha, Amanda can help you if you need any help." Bridgette saw another elderly lady come into the store.

The elderly lady just nodded but started looking at a few glass ware that was in the front of the store.

They go to the case and Bridgette unlocked the case that held the wedding rings that the girl wanted.

" Here you go, this ring was made in 1894 and it is a platinum setting, and it is appraised and there is paperwork on the rings, the middle stone in the engagement ring is not a diamond but a rare white sapphire." Bridgette handed the ring over to the young girl so she could get a better look at it.

The girl took the ring and put it onto her finger which fit perfectly, but before the girl could give the ring back the guy took the ring from the girl.

" Jenniffer you would make me the happiest man in the world if you become my wife, would you marry me?" the guy said got down on one knee and asked the girl to marry him right in the front of Bridgette's store.

" Yes James I will marry you." the girl cried as the guy slipped the ring back onto the girl's finger.

The younger couple hugged and kissed before Jenniffer took the ring off her finger and gave it back to Bridgette then they took her to two more cases which held some plates and cups in it.

Twenty minutes later Bridgette and the young couple went to the front counter and checked out all the items that they bought and the young girl proudly wore her new engagement ring out of the store.

" Bridgette I have a necklace and earrings that am here to pick up and here is my ticket that your Grandmother gave me." Martha came up to the front counter and handed her the ticket.

" Ok let me go and get the items and the paperwork for you." Bridgette took the ticket and headed into the backroom where the was a huge walk in safe that had more jewelry and the paperwork for all the jewelry and other items.

Bridgette went into the back and into the safe and found the drawer that they necklace and earrings were in, once she had the items she then went to a huge rolling racks of folders and she found the paperwork. Once she had everything she needed she closed the safe and locked it, before heading back to the front counter.

" Ok here we go, hey Gram." Bridgette came up to the counter and saw her Grandmother talking with Martha and Ms. Maple.

" Hey sweetie, you have Martha's items and Alexandra's items too." Robertta asked her Granddaughter joined them at the counter.

" Yes ma'am I have everything right here and here is the paper work not only for the necklace and earrings, but for Ms. Maple's rings too." Bridgette handed her Grandmother all the paperwork and jewelry.

" Ok I will take care of these ladies and you can go now, and I'll see you tomorrow morning, love you sweetie." Robertta took the items and paperwork from the younger girl and hugging her bye.

" Ok bye ladies." Bridgette looked at the other people in front of the counter before she headed for the back room.

Bridgette began taking off her apron and then grabbed her stuff before leaving the store and headed off to her real job, which is a nurse at the local hospital.