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Matías nodded. “Yes, yes. I know. I know. Ana-María was more skilled than me.”
Gabi frowned.
“Matías’s sister,” Aisha said.
“She was the inspiration in our business. I stopped making real art when she went to live in America.”
Gabi wondered if that was the woman pictured on the wall in his house. “I would love to help, if you’re happy to teach me to use these tools.”
Matías looked from one woman to the other and grew in stature as his smile broadened. “Why not? If you have the time.”
“I have plenty of time. One condition.”
He nodded.
“Anything we sell, the money comes back to you and the business.”
He shook his head. “We must work as a proper partnership.”
“You teach me, and I’ll help to make the jewellery. I gain new skills, and you grow the business. That’s fair.”
“And maybe later, when things are working well, you can review the plan,” Aisha said.
There it was again, that “she knows what she wants look,” that would easily slip through Gabi’s defences if she had any left. Matías stared at Gabi, and she wondered if he’d noticed the effect Aisha had on her. She held out her hand. “Deal.”
Matías shook hands and beamed. “This is something I never dreamed of,” he said and hugged Aisha.
They stood for a while, looking at each other. Matías raised his finger in the air. “I have some drawings you might like to see.” He left the workshop in a hurry.
Gabi smiled. “You just got me a job,” she said.
Aisha walked across the workshop and leaned towards Gabi. The warmth kissed Gabi’s ear, and she held her breath, her heart racing.
“You’re welcome,” Aisha whispered.
A shiver chased down Gabi’s neck and spine, down her arms and to her toes. Aisha stepped back. Gabi moaned silently at the ripples of desire trembling through her. Had Aisha noticed?
“I have to get home,” Aisha said.
Gabi sighed. “Do you have to?”
Aisha looked to the floor and then the door. “I have work to do.”
“I’m going to come to the square on Saturday to watch you.”
Aisha smiled. “I will dance for you.”
“I’ll only see you.”
Aisha laughed and shook her head. Gabi didn’t know what to make of that, because she’d meant it, and when Aisha left and Matías returned with his plans too soon, her head was still in a spin. Saturday couldn’t come quickly enough.
