Colorado Billionaires Boxed Set (The Wedding Wager, The Wedding Hazard, The Wedding Venture) by Regina Duke

Author:Regina Duke [Duke, Regina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Published: 2013-09-19T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

Thor was surprised when he had to unlock the door to the office.

“Where did my mother and the other lady go?” he asked.

Karla shrugged. “Your mother’s a nice lady. She likes our work. She said she left you a note on your desk. They left together, just a few minutes after you drove off.”

Thor frowned. That sounded like trouble. He put on a smile for the girls. “When is the judging?”

“Tomorrow afternoon,” said Minion. “This is so exciting! The winner’s window will be in the newspaper and stuff.”

“And all over Facebook,” added Ashley.

“Totally.”

Thor waved Ashley inside as he said goodnight to the girls. “You want to wait inside for your ride?”

“No, thanks,” said Karla. “I can see the limo coming now. See you tomorrow afternoon. Cross your fingers for us.”

Once inside, Ashley said, “They are truly talented. The faces on our vampire avatars are stunning.”

Thor was already at his desk. “Here’s mama’s note. She took her luggage over to the Cattleman’s Inn. Says she and Britney Beth were going to have dinner and she wanted to get a room there. She took Rocky with her.”

“She doesn’t want to stay at the cabin?”

“She’s probably tired from her trip,” said Thor.

“Or maybe Britney Beth told her I used her jammies and she thinks they have cooties.”

Thor laughed out loud. “How do you manage to come up with these silly ideas at the most stressful times?”

Ashley shrugged. “Laugh or cry, I guess. I choose laughing.” She checked the thermostat but left her coat on.

“Are you still cold? Turn up the heat.”

“I think any room where Britney Beth has been is going to be chilly forever.”

Thor waved her over to the sofa. “Come sit here a moment. There’s something you need to know about Britney Beth.”

Ashley joined him, wondering if he was about to reveal the whole story about the tragedy in Texas. Her shoulder was pressed against Thor’s as he took a breath and began.

“Britney Beth and I went to high school together.”

“I know. She rubbed that in.”

“I’ll bet she didn’t tell you she was a big party girl in school. She would drink anything, smoke anything, try anything, and her father would do his best to smooth everything over. I don’t know how many times Judge Beale called in favors to keep his daughter out of juvenile hall.”

“Her father is a judge?”

“Yes. And he has a lot of friends in high places. By the time we were seniors in high school, Judge Beale decided the only way to rein her in was to cut off her spending privileges. If she didn’t have cash, she couldn’t buy drugs or liquor, right?”

Ashley made a face. “Gee, I don’t think he thought that one through very well. Teenage girls are very resourceful about certain things.”

“Yeah, I know. Britney Beth considered it a challenge. Next thing you know, she’s wearing new clothes, showing up at house parties with cases of beer instead of six packs, and Lord knows what else. It didn’t take long for the Judge to get wind of it, and even less time before the chickens came home to roost.

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