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Better. Down to three pages of results.
There's a Sparkle Nails on the north end of town. A Beauty Bar that seems to specialize in spray tans and questionable eyebrow threading. Something called Sparkle & Shine Auto Detailing that definitely isn't relevant but makes me wonder who thought that name was a good idea.
Nothing that matches.
I try variations. "Sparkle Beauty Poplar Springs Plaza." "Cosmetics Sparkle Beauty." "Glitter shop Poplar Springs."
Page three of Google results is where hope goes to die.
I lean back, rubbing my eyes under my glasses. This is ridiculous. She's in the plaza. Colum said so. Which means she's probably in the directory, listed with all the other retail tenants, right there in the building records that I have access to because I work for the company that manages half the commercial properties in this part of town.
Obviously.
I pull up the internal database and search "cosmetic stores in Poplar Springs."
Nothing.
I try "Beauty."
Seventeen results, none of them right. Beauty Bar (already found that one). Sleeping Beauty Mattress Co. A dermatology clinic called True Beauty Med Spa.
I try "Sparkle."
Two results. The auto detailing place and a children's party company that apparently specializes in "magical princess experiences."
Maybe she lied.
The thought lands like a stone in my mind. Maybe the whole thing was fiction. Maybe Sis wasn't even in cosmetics. Maybe she just liked glitter and I invented the rest based on a napkin and wishful thinking.
I pick up my phone. Put it down. Pick it up again.
This is stupid.
I dial the first number. Beauty Bar.
"Beauty Bar, this is Tiffany, how can I help you look gorgeous today?"
"Hi. Yes. I'm looking for someone named Sis? She works in cosmetics?"
A pause. "Like... Sis? As in sister?"
"I think so. Or maybe it's a nickname."
"Honey, I don't know anyone called Sis. We've got Amber, Dakota, and me. That's it."
"Right. Thank you."
I hang up before she can try to book me for a spray tan.
Next number. True Beauty Med Spa.
"True Beauty, where confidence meets science."
"Hi, I'm trying to reach someone named Sis. She mentioned she works in cosmetics in the Poplar Springs area."
"We don't have anyone by that name. Is she a patient?"
"No, an employee. Or owner, maybe."
