Dearest Dorothy, Slow Down, You're Wearing Us Out! by Charlene Ann Baumbich

Author:Charlene Ann Baumbich
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781626813892
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

Katie and Josh arrived in Partonville three hours later than they’d thought they would. There had been a multi-vehicle traffic accident on the Chicago outskirts, and they had sat at a complete stop for nearly an hour before their portion of the five-mile backup even began to move—and this after a late start. Katie just had not been able to get off the phone with one wheeler-dealer in commercial real estate development after another, each wondering if she was soliciting or accepting partners in her latest adventure. Mac Downs, who had been offering her a premium partnership for some time now, was relentlessly tickling her business prowess, phoning her at least once a week in his admitted attempt to wear her down, one time even sending her four dozen roses with a card saying, “Whatever it takes…name your price.” Once word had gotten out about her impending move, gossip quickly spread about her “land killing” in southern Illinois. Playing her cards close to her chest—and also, in her weakest moments, still occasionally waffling about her ability to live in the country, not to mention the never-ending lure of the Big Deal conquest—she neither confirmed nor denied her intentions about development. The only thing that was for sure beyond anyone’s belief was that Kathryn Durbin would be moving to the country for any reason other than money. She had, after all, spent the last decade cultivating and validating her reputation. Nobody believed for a moment she had helped some old lady donate—donate—land to a conservation district for a park because she felt sorry for her.

One thing was clear to her, however, and that was that she truly had found herself worrying about Dorothy and missing her open conversations with Jessica. For the first time in her life, she sighed with relief when she saw the WELCOME TO PARTONVILLE sign flash by. When they pulled into the Lamp Post lot, Jessica, with Sarah Sue strapped to her chest, literally bounded out the office door to greet them. Within a minute, Katie had exited her SUV, Jessica had run up, arms outstretched, to hug her and they had learned in a wink of a moment how to hug around a baby strapped to one of their midriffs. “Might as well be pregnant again!” Jessica said. Immediately, they both rippled with the familiar and knowing laughter of motherhood friends.

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