Page 121 of A Home for Harmony

“It happens. My best advice is don’t engage. It will almost always blow up in your face if you do.”

“Even if I want to defend myself?” Felicity asked.

“Even then.”

“Got it,” Felicity said. “I’ll try.”

“Let me know if you have questions,” she said and disconnected the call, relieved it went better than expected.

She looked at her watch and had five minutes before Danielle’s call and then she’d be out the door and going to Micah’s house. She was going to get there before he was home from work since Scarlet texted her she was in trouble.

She played it as best as she could in her head and let Micah know what was going on. She didn’t want to, but felt in this instance it was better that he didn’t get a shock when he came home and she was there rather than arriving after.

When her laptop rang, she answered.

“Hi, Danielle.”

“Hi, Harmony. How are you?”

“I’m doing well,” she said. “It looks as if you are too. I was checking out your vlog and you’re getting a lot of followers.”

“Thank you,” Danielle said excitedly. “Most of them are others that do origami, but I finally got my first instructional video up.”

“I saw that too. Great job!” Confetti exploded on the screen.

“It took me so long to start and stop and not sound so boring.”

It was dry, but it played into Danielle’s personality too. “You’ll get the hang of it the more you do it. It got a lot of views too. Be yourself and don’t force it.”

“I noticed that. And I’ve gotten several comments from people asking me to put more out there.”

“That’s wonderful,” she said. “Did you put any thought into a store?”

“I did,” Danielle said. “I’ve spent more time doing that. I got a big order for favors for a baby shower in a few weeks so I’ve been busy.”

“I’m so happy for you,” she said, clapping her hands. She went to the computer screen and put exploding glitter on it and had Danielle laughing.

“How do you do those things?” Danielle asked. “I think if I did that in my videos, it’d liven them up.”

“I can show you,” she said. “Is that what you want to talk about? Was there more?”

“That’s good for now,” Danielle said. “I guess maybe I just needed to hear a happy, friendly voice. An encouraging one.”

“I’m always here for that.” And it brought joy to her heart to know she could provide it without even trying and...being herself.

They spent twenty minutes doing that and Danielle was getting the hang of it.

“This is great. I learn so much from you. I can’t thank you enough.”

“You’re welcome. If you don’t have more questions, I need to get ready to go out.”

“Oh?” Danielle asked, her smile dropping. “I hope you’re having fun tonight.”

“I’m having dinner with friends.”

She couldn’t keep her life a secret forever. She found she didn’t want to either. But she wasn’t going to give details.

“Are you going to post pictures?” Danielle asked.