Ebb Tide by Leah Murray

Author:Leah Murray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bluewave Press Ltd.

CHAPTER 19

THE NEXT WEEK PASSED IN a blur for Jo. Will worked late shifts most nights and, not wanting to bother Grant and Shelley too much, Jo made do with interrupted sleep. She’d have dinner at the pub then do her best to get some sleep in the back office until Will was ready to go home.

After the fourth night in a row, she’d simply had enough of the noise and endless tossing and turning and was grateful Gus offered to take over for the weekend. With so little sleep, her patience with Laura had withered steadily and they were now at the point where they only spoke to each other when absolutely necessary. It made for a stifling work atmosphere and Jo was completely drained.

On Friday night, she walked in the front door, flopped down on the couch and laid her head back, unable to move another muscle.

`How about take-outs for dinner?’ Will asked from the doorway and with a huge effort she opened one eye, saw him grinning at her and shut it again with a groan.

`Whatever. I don’t care. I’m too tired to move.’

`Okay, I’ll call in the order. What do you feel like? Chinese? Italian? Thai?’

For a moment she didn’t answer but a loud rumble from her stomach roused her enough to sit up and look at him. Slightly embarrassed, she laid a hand on her stomach in a vain attempt to quiet it while she spoke. `Chinese? Or Thai? I don’t mind. What do you prefer?’

`Hmmm, how about Chinese?’

She nodded and he went to make the call while she lay back against the couch. She must have fallen asleep as the next thing she knew there was a knock on the door and Will’s voice echoed in the hallway as he spoke to the delivery man. After a moment, he walked into the room with a couple of packages and set them down on the table.

`I’ll go get some knives and forks’ he said, heading to the kitchen.

Jo dragged herself over to the table and sat down, investigated the contents of the packets – huge portions of Beef Chop Suey and Sweet and Sour Pork. Hungry, she grabbed a piece of pork with a finger and thumb and was sucking the sauce from her fingers when Will returned.

He laughed. `Maybe I shouldn’t have bothered with the forks.’

She pulled a face, reached for one of the glasses of cola he’d brought to the table.

`Man, what a week,’ she said after she’d swallowed a mouthful.

He sat down, started dishing some Chop Suey onto a plate. `Tell me about it. No improvements with the Laura situation I take it?’

`Afraid not,’ she replied, wrinkling her nose with distaste. `You should have seen her today. First off she rocks up an hour late with no explanation whatsoever, then she double booked a couple of appointments this afternoon and gave breakfast to a cat due for surgery so we had to postpone it and not charge the owners for the extra few nights’ accommodation.

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