Family Bonds- Kelsey & Van: A Police Grumpy Sunshine Small Town Romace by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

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INTIMIDATE OR IMPRESS

“Can I help you?”

“I’m Van Harlowe,” he said. “I’d like to speak with the manager if I could.”

“Can I ask what this is about?” the woman said.

He looked at her name tag. He’d told no one he was coming to the hotel today but Kyle. It was a last-minute decision and when he caught the ferry back to Amore Island, he’d meet with his business partner to go over what he discovered.

“Taylor, I own half of the hotel. Barry Elson was my grandfather.”

“Oh,” Taylor said. “I mean we all knew Barry, but I wasn’t aware he had a grandson.”

He could tell by the look on her face that she might not believe him. “If you want to verify with Kyle first, please call him. He’ll be expecting your call.”

“It should be fine,” Taylor said.

He didn’t care for that answer. He would have preferred she verified who he was, but then told himself he wasn’t getting anywhere other than talking to a manager. Ryan Greene was the manager of the hotel. He should be on the premises and Van couldn’t wait to see what happened when the two were introduced.

“I’ll just wait over here while you get Ryan,” he said.

Taylor moved away from the counter and exited through a door. She returned five minutes later with an older man behind her.

“I’m Ryan Greene. Taylor tells me you’re Barry’s grandson. I hope I don’t insult you, but I just called Kyle to verify. This is all news to me.”

He shook the man’s hand. “Not a problem. I’m happy to hear you did that. If you’ve got some time, I was hoping you could show me around. It’s nothing more than that. I thought I’d pick your brain while I was at it.”

“Absolutely,” Ryan said. “I want to say how sorry I am for your loss. Barry was a great guy.”

“Thanks,” he said. There wasn’t much more he could say without airing out dirty laundry.

“I just find it funny that Christian didn’t tell me that you’d be coming in. Does he know?” Ryan asked.

“No,” he said. “I did meet with Christian a week ago. Kyle too. It was the three of us. I’m trying to get a feel for things and have some questions. Christian did answer them all, but I wanted to check out some things for myself.”

“Of course,” Ryan said. “Ask away.”

He wanted to put the man at ease who was eager to please. Nothing like Christian.

He did have to admit he found it odd that Christian hadn’t shared the news about him with some of the other management but would file that away for another day.

“I’ve got a background in law enforcement,” he said. “I’m a retired detective. Early retirement.”

“I don’t blame you with your grandfather’s inheritance. I think your background will come in handy here with security. It seems we’ve had some hiccups lately. I’m sure the other hotels will tell you the same. But we are the biggest and it feels as if it’s more of a problem here.

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