Harlequin Special Edition October 2019, Box Set 1 of 2 by Teri Wilson

Author:Teri Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

There were no new panicky calls from Sylvie—for which Gina was extremely grateful because that meant she had no new fires to put out. Knowing this could change at any moment, Gina decided to go see her brother-in-law and find out firsthand if Eddie was going to be able to fit in making the necessary repairs on the church’s roof in time for the wedding.

Thinking she needed better information herself, she drove by the church first. She wanted to get an idea of how bad the damage actually was.

* * *

It was bad.

That was the first thought that hit her as Gina drove into the church’s near-empty parking lot.

She could see the damage even before she came to a full stop. More than fifty years ago, someone, presumably a well-meaning parishioner, had planted a California pepper tree next to the church. Pictures of the area indicated that it had been little more than a sapling when it had been planted. But it had long since become an accident waiting to happen.

And then it did.

Getting out of her car, Gina slowly walked around the church and surveyed the damage. It was lucky that it had happened at night and not during the daytime, or on a Sunday when there might have been a lot of people attending a service.

Someone really could have gotten hurt then. At least this way, the only thing that had suffered was the roof and part of the inside of the church.

“Could have been worse.”

Caught off guard, Gina didn’t jump when she heard the deep voice coming from behind her. She’d recognize her brother-in-law’s rumbling cadence anywhere.

Turning around to face him, she smiled up at the tall, lanky man with his permanently unruly chestnut hair.

“Hi, Eddie. Thanks for coming out. Can you fix it?” she asked him hopefully.

Her brother-in-law had his clipboard in his hands and was writing things down even as he talked to her. “Of course I can fix it,” he answered. “The problem is, do I have the time?”

“If you need an extra body, I can help,” she quickly offered.

He laughed dryly. “That’ll take me twice as long, then.”

Gina pretended to be offended, although she knew he was teasing her. She also knew that he was better off using trained workers than taking her up on her offer. “I’m not that bad,” she protested.

Eddie looked up from the clipboard and rolled his eyes. “All I need is you falling off the roof and I’ll have my wife and your mother on my case for the rest of my natural life. Maybe longer. No thank you, Gee.”

Gina nodded. “All right, what can I do to help?”

He went back to working on his notes. “Just let me make my assessment of the damage and what it’ll take to fix it. Then you can go and make arrangements with the local padre—”

“Monsignor,” Gina corrected.

Eddie waved his hand. “Whatever. The head guy,” he said, using the all-purpose term, “to give my company the authorization to get the job done.

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