(2000) Ghost Moon by Karen Robards

Author:Karen Robards [Robards, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9780307422965
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

‘‘WHAT?’’ THIS TIME OLIVIA LOOKED DIRECTLY at him, wide-eyed with surprise.

‘‘I’m offering you a job at the Boatworks, and a home for you and Sara here at LaAngelle Plantation for as long as you care to stay.’’

Olivia was stunned. She had never considered such a possibility.

‘‘Well?’’ Seth prompted, when she didn’t say anything.

‘‘Are you serious?’’

‘‘Of course I’m serious.’’

Olivia wet her lips. A thousand tangled thoughts and emotions swirled through her head. To stay here, to live here—to step back into the life she had spurned so many years ago and bring Sara with her—she didn’t know if it was a very good idea, or a very bad one.

‘‘Oh, Seth, I don’t know what to say. Our home’s in Houston now, Sara’s and mine. Sara starts back to school in just a few days, and I have a job that I like, and—’’

‘‘Olivia,’’ Seth interrupted. ‘‘I know your job doesn’t pay very well. I know you live in a small apartment in a not very affluent section of Houston. I know life’s a struggle for you and Sara there. I can offer you a better job, one that pays more, has a future. For right now I need an office manager, somebody to keep track of appointments, stay on top of the books, answer the phone, do some typing or whatever else is needed. Ilsa Bartlett, who has the job now, is going on maternity leave in two months. She needs help now, and I’ll need a trained replacement for her then. I’d like to hire you for that position now, at a better salary than you’re getting in Houston—you can tell me what that is; I trust you.’’ There was a touch of humor in his voice as he said that. ‘‘And then, later, when Ilsa comes back and you know more about the business, I’ll move you into a sales position, which involves a good salary plus commission. I don’t know why I never thought of it before, but given our clientele a pretty woman could probably do very well.’’ He held up a hand when Olivia would have said something. ‘‘Hear me out. The hours would be adjusted so that you could be home when Sara’s home. You could drive her—and Chloe if you would—to school in the morning, come to work, and then leave in time to pick them up and be with them all afternoon. Yes, I’m including Chloe in that, at least until Mallory and I get married. Then we’ll see. You seem to like her, Chloe seems to like you, she behaves relatively well with you, and I think you—and Sara—could do her a lot of good. Plus Mother starts chemotherapy again next week, and she’s going to be fighting this thing for another five months. She needs you here. She wants you here. Big John’s in bad shape. He may or may not pull through. You want to be here if he’s not going to make it. Between him, and Mother, and work, I don’t have much time for Chloe right now.

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