Being Emerald (Skimmerdale Book 2) by Sharon Booth

Author:Sharon Booth [Booth, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Green Ginger Publishing
Published: 2018-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

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'I now declare this bunk barn officially open. May God bless her and all who stay in her.' Jed grinned and cut the ribbon, to the cheers of Eliot, Eden, Beth, Mickey and Adey, not to mention whoops of joy from the children.

'We're gunna be rich,' Ophelia told George, who raised his arms in the air and yelled, 'Yay!' at the top of his voice.

'Let's not get too carried away,' Eden said, with a wry grin. 'Although, I did two cream teas yesterday, so that's a start.'

'It'll soon pick up,' Beth said. 'The weather's beautiful at the moment, and if it continues this way, I think you'll be swamped before you know it.'

'I saw loads of leaflets getting picked up from't' village shop,' Adey volunteered. 'Plenty of hikers were having a good nosy through them. If they pass that info onto their mates, you'll have loads of bookings, right enough.'

'Let's hope so,' Eliot said, raising his glass of beer to his lips. 'We're sunk if this dun't pay off.'

'It will,' Eden assured him, her fingers crossed tightly behind her back. She caught Beth's eye and gave her a rueful smile. Beth was all too aware of the precarious state of their finances. It was she who had persuaded them to have the leaflets printed and had gone into the village to beg Mrs Tucker at the shop and Jill and Dave at The King's Head to place them on their premises, so any passing hikers would find them.

Together with Jed's work on the website and Facebook page, and advertisements in various magazines for hikers and Yorkshire tourists, they were certainly getting their business known. Now it had to work.

'Glass of champagne, Jed?' Eden held up the bottle as Jed strolled over to the picnic table and joined them, having safely returned the scissors to the farmhouse, away from George's eager grasp.

'Don't mind if I do,' he said. 'Now that I've done my official duties, that is.'

'Fancy us having a genuine rock star cutting the ribbon on our little bunk barn,' Eden giggled. 'We should have called the local papers.'

Jed gave her a knowing look. 'And you know what would have happened if you had. You'd have looked like crazy people, 'cos I'd have been long gone.' He gave a sigh of satisfaction as she filled his glass with champagne — a gift from Cain.

'You don't miss it then?' Adey asked, curious. He'd been overwhelmed when he'd realised who Jed was, having been quite a fan of Raven's Wing himself. 'I'm gutted you've left. Your guitar playing is legendary.'

Jed raised his glass in appreciation. 'Thank you kindly, young man,' he said, as if he were ancient. 'No, I don't miss it. That is, I miss playing music, but my guitars are at Dad's, and I'll be picking them up again real soon. The other side of it — no thanks. From now on, music's gonna be purely for pleasure. No business involved.'

Eden noted the brief glance he gave Beth, and the hint of a smile she gave him in return.

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