Fully Booked – Part 2 by Cressida McLaughlin

Author:Cressida McLaughlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008219253
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The next morning Robin worked determinedly through her headache, refusing to give in to something that was self-inflicted. Felix and Olivia had asked for kedgeree, and she’d prepared a champagne breakfast for Emily and Jonathan and taken it to their room, looking as cheerful and perky as possible. Paige was in a particularly chirpy mood, humming what sounded like a very monotonous dance track – or else just one line of a song, over and over – and Robin felt, for the first time since she’d opened the guesthouse, that she was getting to the end of her tether.

‘I can’t believe he’s been in Starcross for so long,’ Paige said, alerting Robin to the fact that they were in the middle of a conversation about Will that she hadn’t been paying attention to. ‘How does he afford it? Isn’t it nearly a fortnight?’

‘Nearly,’ Robin confirmed. ‘But he’s given up work to come down here and sort through his aunt’s house, so it makes sense that he’d have some money for expenses.’

‘Not if he had planned to stay in the house all along.’ Paige waved a spatula around to emphasise her point. ‘And he brought his dog, so – well, I dunno. Is it fair that he’s hogging the room?’ She spun to face Robin, her pretty face doing a perfect teenager pout.

Robin laughed and then winced as the red-wine anvil sliced through her head. Sixteen-year-old Paige had inherited her curiosity from Molly, and Robin was often reminded how similar mother and daughter were. ‘Nobody else has booked it, so he’s not stopping anyone from staying in there.’

‘So what does it say on the website? If I were to go to the online booking system, when could I book Starcross from? Theoretically.’

Robin turned away as the toast popped out of the toaster, knowing that whatever she said Paige could check for herself anyway. ‘I’ve held it until the end of the month, just until I know what Will’s doing.’

‘That’s another three weeks! And there’s only one of him. Isn’t it the most romantic room you have? I think it is. Shouldn’t it be reserved for couples?’

‘No, Paige.’ Robin shook her head. ‘It’s for whoever books it. And you never know, Will might decide Tabitha’s house is habitable after another few days, and then I can free it up. Why are you so interested, anyway?’

‘I just want to be involved,’ Paige said sullenly. ‘I do work here, after all.’

‘And I couldn’t be more grateful for that than I am today.’ She gave the young woman a warm smile. ‘Here, leftover hash browns. Nobody wanted extras this morning.’

‘Don’t you still have to feed Will? He hasn’t appeared yet.’

‘No, but he might be feeling a bit fragile, like I am. By the time he comes down, this will be cold – go on, save it going to waste.’

‘Ta.’ Paige nibbled it delicately and then poured a splurge of tomato ketchup over the rest and shovelled it into her mouth.

There was a knock on the door, and Emily and Jonathan Hannigan stood in the doorway of the patio garden.

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