Hope Falls: Accidental Gifts (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Castle Mountain Lodge Book 8) by Elena Aitken

Author:Elena Aitken [Aitken, Elena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-06-25T22:00:00+00:00

7

“You can’t tell him.”

Tess paced the living room of her suite for at least the tenth time with her cell phone pressed to her ear. She’d known it would do no good to ask Clara about telling Max the truth. In fact, she should have trusted her instinct and just gone with her gut. With Clara, it was often easier to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission. But the guilt had gotten the best of her and she’d picked up her phone.

“I have to tell him, Clara. I don’t think you understand.”

“Oh no.” Clara’s voice came through loud and clear despite the fact she was calling from thousands of miles away. Of course it was too much to ask that they have a bad connection and then Tess could claim ignorance. “Castle Mountain Lodge is a huge account. I mean, huge, Tess. You can’t screw it up.”

Tess stopped short. “Wait. If it was such a huge account, why am I here?” Hadn’t Clara told her it was no big deal? A no-brainer? In fact, weren’t those her exact words? “Shouldn’t you be here taking care of your business if it’s such a big deal?”

“I knew you could handle it.”

“More like, you wanted to go to Europe with your latest sugar daddy more than you wanted to handle your very important account?” Tess knew it was a low blow, but she didn’t care. As every day went on, she got more and more upset as it became crystal-clear that Clara had set her up for disaster. “I know you were trying to do me a favor, Clara.” She took a deep breath and tried to keep things in perspective. “And I really appreciate it. I do. But I think things have gone a bit too far.”

There was a beat of silence on the other end and for a moment, Tess was sure they’d been disconnected. But then Clara said, “What do you mean, things have gone too far?”

Oh crap. Tess spun in a circle, looking for something to help her out of telling the truth to her best friend, but the empty hotel suite offered up no help.

“Tess?”

“Um…well…it’s not…”

“Tess, what has gone too far? What’s happened? Please tell me my account is okay. Castle Mountain Lodge is—”

“I know, I know. It’s a big account.” Tess rolled her eyes. “Which I still don’t understand. But it’s fine. I think…”

“What do you mean, you think? Tess! It was easy. I set it all up for you. All you had to do was go through the file.”

“No, Clara.” Tess stamped her foot on the floor. “That is not all I had to do. He wanted me to come back here and see the site, Clara. The site. What do I know about a site? Nothing. I know nothing about the site. I know nothing about adventure travel. I know nothing about any of this. I’m just trying to do my best and not screw things up too badly for you because I

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