2 Busy 4 Love by Lucy Hepburn

Author:Lucy Hepburn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/General
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

CHRISTY

4:15 p.m.

4:00 p.m. Drop off Mr. O’Neill’s plane tickets –DONE. (phew!)

Take Mrs. Ledger home.

Drop off Mrs. Dallaglio’s rug – without Mrs. Ledger noticing.

Clean Mrs. Dallaglio’s rug – without Mrs. Ledger noticing.

Drop off Ms. H’s item with Ms. H.

“Will?”

He was the first person she thought of calling. She had to hear his voice.

“Problems?”

“You have no idea. Bouvier threw up on the rug. It’ll need to be cleaned again, and there’s no time. I’m doomed, Will.”

“She did what? Seriously? Well, I have to admit, I’m disappointed. She’s not the classy dame I thought she was.”

“It’s my fault. I tried to keep her quiet with candy, but it disagreed with her. It disagreed with her all over the rug when I was collecting the tiara from the photoshoot.”

“Won’t it scrub off?”

Christy forced herself to glance back at the stain. “No way. Gummy Bear dye is a job for professionals.”

“Okay, if you say so. Don’t worry, we’ll think of something.”

Christy smiled ruefully. “That’s good of you, Will, but it’s my problem, not yours. I’ve troubled you enough today.” So why was she calling him, she wondered to herself. “It’s just that I’m all out of ideas, and I guess I wanted to hear a friendly voice.”

“Hey, hey,” he cut in, “you’re not firing me, are you? Come on, job’s not done yet!”

“Yes, but—”

“Christy, this is your motivation coach here. You can do this! You just need to stay focused!”

Ah, focused. Now there was a word Christy used to be good at. She rubbed her forehead and tried to work out what had happened to the single-minded, efficient Christy Davies who’d got on that train only this morning.

“Christy?” His voice sounded anxious.

“Oh, sorry, yes, I’m here, Will. I haven’t thrown myself off the Empire State. I was just thinking stuff through. And you’re right. I just don’t know where my focus has gone today. I must have downloaded it onto my iPhone at some point and left it there. There’s just too much to do and no time to do it in.”

“Okay, Christy, think! Which is the most urgent?”

“Get Mrs. Ledger home before she calls the cops or drops dead on the sidewalk.”

“Okay. Drive. I’ll deal with the dry cleaner’s.”

Christy drove, as fast as she dared, back to the spot she’d prearranged with Toni to pick up him and Mrs. Ledger. With a huge sigh of relief, she spotted them immediately, walking arm in arm in the late afternoon sunshine, heads bent toward each other as though they’d been friends for years. She screeched to a halt on the curb beside them.

“Traffic, huh?” she made her voice as breezy and carefree as she could. “I am sorry for the delay. Jump in!”

“Say, young Christy,” Mrs. Ledger chuckled, “I’ve been trying to get this car to make that noise for months! Good job!”

Toni helped the old lady into the passenger

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