For Now and Forever by Sophie Love

Author:Sophie Love [Love, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Love
Published: 2017-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

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Emily stuffed the letter into her pocket then leapt up and raced down the corridor. At the top of the stairs she saw that Daniel had beaten her to the door. It was standing open, and there on the step was a short, portly man wearing an outfit that looked like he’d just stepped off the golf course.

“Hey ho,” he said to Daniel, his voice said floating up the staircase toward her. “Sorry for the late call. I’m Trevor Mann, your neighbor. I live in the hundred acres behind you and am just up for the season.”

He held out a hand to Daniel. Daniel just stared at it. “This isn’t my house,” he said. “It’s not my hand you need to shake.”

Emily felt a small smile tug at her lips as Daniel turned and gestured to her standing at the top of the stairs. She bounded down and took hold of Mr. Mann’s hand, shaking it firmly to make sure he knew who was boss.

“I’m Emily Mitchell. It’s nice to meet you.”

“Ah,” Trevor said as friendly as ever. “Sorry for the mistake. Anyway, I won’t keep you long, I know it’s late. I just wanted you to know that I have my eye on your land and I’m hoping to take it over by the end of the summer.”

Emily blinked, confused by his words. “I’m sorry, what?”

“Your land. I’ve had my eye on it for the last twenty years. I mean I know I already have a hundred acres while you have a mere five but you have the ocean view, which means you have one of the last prime lots on the water. It really would complete my lot to purchase it. This is your moment to cash in.”

“I don’t understand,” Emily said.

“Don’t you? Am I still speaking French?” He guffawed loudly as though he’d made the funniest joke in the world. “I want to buy your land, Miss Mitchell. You see, there’s been all kinds of loopholes what with the owner being AWOL. But I noticed that there were lights on and asked around town. It was Karen in the general store who told me someone was occupying it again.”

Emily and Daniel exchanged a brief bemused look.

“But it’s not for sale,” Emily said, her voice sounding stunned. “This is my father’s place. I inherited it.”

“Did you?” Trevor said, his tone still friendly in a way that didn’t seem to match the words he was speaking. “Roy Mitchell isn’t dead, is he?”

“Well, no, I don’t know, he’s…” Emily stuttered. “It’s complicated.”

“He’s a missing person, as far as I understand it,” Trevor said. “Which means the house is in a sort of legal limbo. Back taxes haven’t been paid for years. There’s all kinds of red tape around it.” He chuckled. “I’m assuming by the blank look on your face you weren’t aware of that.”

Emily shook her head, confused and frustrated by Trevor’s intrusion into her life, on this night of all nights, while the letter from her father burned in her back pocket.

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