His Ideal Match by Arlene James

Author:Arlene James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Pirouetting in the center of the floor, Grace bumped into Tucker, who promptly circled her throat with his forearm.

“Now I got a hostage.”

“No fair!” Nathan bawled. “Mountain lions don’t take hostages.”

Carissa covered the mouthpiece of the telephone headset with one hand and gestured sternly toward the bedroom with the other. She knew it was unfair to ask them to play only in their rooms, but she dared not work in the master bedroom and let them play here in the sitting room unsupervised. They’d already knocked over the lamp once. Thankfully, it hadn’t broken. Besides, the bed did not make a comfortable workspace, especially when she was frustrated because she hadn’t closed a sale all morning.

Tucker made a growling sound, showing his displeasure, while Grace sighed then plopped down among her coloring books and dolls to begin gathering them. Nathan, as usual, started to argue.

“Aw, Mo-o-om. It’s no fun in there.”

Carissa held up a finger and made the keystrokes necessary to activate the microphone in her headset via her laptop. “That’s right, sir. Twenty-four-hour-a-day access by telephone and online. If you’re at your computer, you can go to our website now and see the levels of service available. I’ll be happy to send the link and wait for you to connect.” Glaring at Nathan, she typed in the email address and routed the link. While her client made the connection, she muted her end of the connection again and shook her finger at the children.

“I am sick and tired of telling you three to calm down.”

“We want to go out,” Nathan whined.

“I can’t go outside now. I have to work.”

“We can go out by ourselves. We won’t get into trouble.”

Before she could do more than roll her eyes at that, a knock sounded on the suite door, and Tucker scampered to answer it. Odelia and Phillip entered the room. Odelia wore a huge cardinal-red hat and a white dress with a pleated skirt and big red polka dots. White, feathered balls swung from her earlobes. Phillip wore his usual cargo shorts and T-shirt, along with a wide grin.

As the children watched, fascinated, Odelia tugged on a pair of white, lacy gloves, announcing grandly, “We’ve come to take the children to the park.”

Tucker literally crowed at that news, while Grace leaped up and clapped, pirouetting in midair. Carissa could have cried with relief.

“Oh, thank you, but are you sure? It isn’t too much trouble?”

“No, no. It’s all planned,” Phillip said with the wave of a hand. “A Saturday in the park will be fun for all of us. Hilda is packing a picnic basket, and Kent is bringing around the car. We’ll have them home before the hottest part of the day.”

“In time for a cool swim,” Odelia put in.

Carissa closed her eyes in gratitude then held up a hand for quiet as her client came back on the line. “Yes, that’s correct. Seven ninety-nine a month includes automatic backup and storage of everything that appears on your desktop.

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