Changing Tides by Meredith Summers

Author:Meredith Summers [Summers, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Meredith Summers

Chapter 15

Jane was just finishing up with the accounting when Mike appeared at the kitchen door. Much to her delight, Cooper was at his side.

“Thanks for coming.” Jane bent down to pet the dog. “Brenda made a breakfast plate for you. Why don’t you get settled at the table, and I’ll heat it up.”

Mike took his laptop out of the bag and sat at the table while Jane heated up the plate of eggs, sausage, and pancakes that Brenda had set aside.

“So, what exactly do you want in a website?” Mike asked as he shoveled in the breakfast. “This is delicious, by the way.”

“Darn tootin’. Brenda makes the best breakfast,” Sally piped in without even taking her eyes off her current job of fixing the hinges on one of the corner cabinets.

“Can’t argue with that.” Jane slid her laptop around so Mike could see the screen. “I surfed around the internet and found some examples of what I would like our website to look like. Of course, I’ll need a form that people can fill out with information on weddings. And also, it needs to be hooked up to some sort of a reservation system—even if it just sent me an email—as long as the people can fill the form out online.”

Mike studied the example sites she had on her screen. “Looks simple enough. Should be easy.” He shoved his plate aside and started typing notes on his own laptop. “I should have a mock-up ready for you tomorrow. Is that okay?”

“So soon? That would be great. You don’t need to rush on my account, though.”

“I’m not rushing. I’ll put together some examples. Then we can go through it, and you can tell me what needs to be changed.”

“I really appreciate this,” Jane said as Mike started packing up his laptop. “Are you sure you don’t want payment? I know website designers cost a lot.”

Mike smiled and shook his head. “No. Seriously, the breakfast is enough.”

“We’ll be sure to have a good one ready for you when you come tomorrow.” Jane knelt down in front of Cooper, running her fingers through his thick fur. “And I guess I’ll see you tomorrow too.”

“Actually, you might not.” Mike’s voice sounded grim. Jane glanced up at him, and his expression indicated that something was wrong.

“What do you mean?” Jane asked.

Mike sighed. “The landlady that I’m renting the cottage from said I can’t have pets. Even though on the Airbnb listing, it did say pets were allowed, now she’s saying that was a mistake, and I can’t keep Cooper there. No place else is available in town, so I’m going to have to put him in the kennel until I figure out something permanent.”

“A kennel?” Jane’s heart pinched at the trusting look in Cooper’s whiskey-brown eyes. He seemed so happy, wagging his tail, eagerly awaiting another walk on the beach. Images of the dog sad and depressed and crammed into a dirty kennel with no beach to run on came to mind. “Surely there’s got to be something else you can do?”

“I wish there was.

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