Bourbon Springs Box Set: Volume II, Books 4-6 by Bramseth Jennifer

Author:Bramseth, Jennifer [Bramseth, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Google: UMe7DQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B01N1RDYB5
Publisher: Woodford Press
Published: 2016-12-15T23:00:00+00:00

16

“An issue has recently popped up,” Goose admitted. He proceeded to explain about the discovery of the abandoned still site. “We’re working on getting the boundary determined.”

“I see,” Barbara said. She pulled a map across the table so she could better examine it. “Well, we’ll need to resolve that before we can properly consider whether to grant your application to expand the state historic site location.”

“So what does that mean?” Harriet interrupted. “We’re on hold until the boundary is decided?”

Barbara smiled sadly and told Harriet that was the case. “But once that’s done, I don’t see any problems here. I’ll be able to approve the application barring something really strange. If it’s just a matter of a few yards, as you describe this problem with the creek and the little island and so on, once you can present me with a plat that has that fixed boundary, you’ll get your expansion designation. And I know that’s what you want so you can go for National Historic Landmark status. How exciting!”

But Goose and Harriet weren’t so excited.

They thanked her for her time and left, trying to act pleasant, but it was difficult in the presence of someone so over-the-top happy while they were disappointed. Goose even forgot to show the curator the pictures of the van, something he didn’t realize until Harriet pointed it out and they had walked outside and into the bright late October sunshine.

“Well, that wasn’t the answer we wanted,” Harriet said upon their return to the van. They planned to drop their materials in the vehicle and then walk up Broadway and get something to eat.

“At least she didn’t reject us outright,” Goose said. “But the boundary problem shouldn’t be too bad, according to what you’ve discovered.”

During the preceding week, Harriet had been in contact with officials from the state, specifically the department of parks, the entity which managed the land preserve across Old Crow Creek from the distillery. She’d explained the problem (once she’d found the right person; that series of calls, voice mails, and e-mails had taken the better part of two days), and the official seemed to think it probably wasn’t a big deal. The parks department apparently had excellent land records, a practice which made sense when considering that the state parks had vast amounts of property to maintain. If the land didn’t belong to the state, it wasn’t going to worry about the upkeep, thus saving taxpayer dollars.

“I hope we can get the boundary fixed soon,” Harriet replied. “But remember we’re dealing with the two slowest forces on Earth: lawyers and the government.”

Goose let out a belly laugh, and Harriet laughed with him. After the chuckles had died down, Goose asked where they were going, and Harriet led him down Broadway toward some restaurants.

“We’re a little spoilt for choice around here.” She pointed to a sandwich shop, a white-tablecloth restaurant, a Mexican place, and a cutesy, Southern-style café-tearoom.

They stopped at the corner of Broadway and St. Clair, directly in front of the fancy restaurant, and she read the board advertising a daily special of a hot brown.

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