A Bride at Last by Carolyne Aarsen

Author:Carolyne Aarsen [Carolyne Aarsen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373870516
Google: Uyi6vWZjkNwC
Amazon: B0056I4BVA
Goodreads: 2717860
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“The job is yours if you want it.” Nadine smiled at the young girl sitting across the desk from her.

Allison Edlinger grinned, leaning forward, her long blond hair slipping over her shoulder. “This is great. Just great. Thanks so much. When can I start?”

“Yesterday?” Nadine joked at Allison’s enthusiasm. There had been six applicants for the job and only two were interview material. Of the two, Allison had the more impressive credentials—three summers’ work for a weekly paper in southern Alberta and two years at another. Nadine had also been impressed by Allison’s clips. “Actually, you can start as soon as possible. We’ve been just swamped.” Nadine indicated her desk, which was full again in spite of a few long evenings. “If you want, I can show you around today. We’ve got deadline on Monday. Our paper comes out on Tuesday.”

“That’s a little unusual for a weekly,” Allison commented.

“Yes. Most come out on Monday, but our new general manager changed the date so that we didn’t have to work Sunday anymore. At least, not as much.”

Nadine rose and ushered Allison out of her office. They walked to the back of the building where the two typesetters worked at their computers. She poked her head over Wally’s cubicle on the other side of the large, open room, but he was gone. “This is where you’ll be working,” Nadine said, pointing to the cubicle that abutted Wally’s.

They walked past the darkroom and Nadine introduced Allison to Cory, whose office was across the hallway.

“Cory is our ad person. She usually words the ads, helps set them out,” Nadine said, indicating the older woman. They walked past Nadine’s own office, and Donna’s across from hers was also empty. “Empty building today,” Nadine commented as they walked to the reception area. Nadine leaned on the counter. “And this is Sharlene, our receptionist, ad taker, sometimes copy editor…”

“Date with Trace tonight?” quipped Sharlene, reaching across to rearrange a fold of Nadine’s scarf, which draped across her brown blazer.

“I guess we’ll see. We were supposed to go out a couple of nights ago, but he cried off.”

Nadine pushed away from the desk and walked over to Clint’s office, effectively cutting off conversation with Sharlene. She felt uncomfortable talking about Trace. She had told herself she had dressed up for her date, but she was secretly hoping Clint was around, as well.

Nadine turned and gestured to the door that faced the open foyer. “And this, Allison, is our boss’s office. Thankfully he’s gone for the day, so I’ll just let you have a peek into the inner sanctum.”

Nadine opened the door.

“No, he’s not—” Sharlene interrupted, but she was too late.

Nadine almost jumped at the sight of Clint working at his desk. He looked up and Nadine backed away. “Sorry. I was just showing our new reporter around.” She reached over to close the door, but Clint was getting up from his desk.

“It’s okay.”

“Id-didn’t want to interrupt you,” Nadine stammered, suddenly feeling self-conscious of her skirt, her hair, her makeup.

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