Jake's Story: A Christmas Key Novella by Stephanie Taylor

Author:Stephanie Taylor [Taylor, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stephanie Taylor
Published: 2016-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“I see it! There it is!” shouted Bonnie, the flirtatious redhead Ray had warned Jake about. She shielded her eyes with a manicured hand and looked out at the boat on the horizon.

Jake examined the small crowd standing around him at the dock; there were probably fifteen other people waiting for the boat to deliver his police golf cart. Could this possibly be the most interesting thing happening at noon on a Monday?

“You’re going to look so handsome driving that big, imposing cart, sugar,” Bonnie said, sidling up to him and purposely bumping his arm with her shoulder. “Now, will you be writing tickets? Because if you are, I’m going to have to practice using my feminine wiles to get out of them.”

“ANDDDDD, we’re done here,” Holly said firmly when she appeared at Bonnie’s elbow. She tried to steer her away from Jake. “Let’s not overwhelm Officer Zavaroni with your ‘feminine wiles’ just yet.”

“But it’s been so long since I’ve seen an officer of the law,” Bonnie said, her face rapturous as she pulled the word ‘law’ out like a piece of taffy with her thick, Southern drawl.

“Hey, did you get those rooms booked for your sons?” Holly expertly shifted the subject, bringing Bonnie back to the fact that her kids and grandkids were coming to the island and that they needed to be scheduled in at the B&B where Bonnie acted as Holly’s assistant.

“Oh, sugar, I didn’t do that yet.” Bonnie’s face clouded over. “I need to get on that. And I need to type up that list of items for the next village council meeting. I should really go.” Bonnie looked up at Jake regretfully. “I’ve gotta run, Officer, but I look forward to seeing you out there, making our streets safer and more handsome at the same time.”

Holly and Jake watched Bonnie wiggle her way back up to Main Street and past Mistletoe Morning Brew. Her walk had the unmistakable shimmy of a woman who was used to being assessed from behind.

“So what exactly am I making the streets safe from?” Jake asked with comical confusion.

“Dangerous redheads,” Holly said, turning to him with a smile. “And battles between residents for the parking spot closest to the coffee shop.”

“Sounds a lot like my official duties in Miami.”

“Minus the coked-out supermodels,” Holly said, turning to face the water next to Jake.

The boat neared the shore, angling for the dock as the captain worked to align the boat’s drop-down ramp with the spot he wanted to access. Finally, to the good-natured cheering of the islanders, he released the ramp with a loud, metallic thud, and the boat’s alert system beeped like a truck backing up as the ramp lowered slowly and landed on the edge of the dock.

“I want to see it!” Emily Cafferkey said excitedly. She was standing next to Holly, watching with anticipation.

Holly turned to her. “Hi, Em,” she said, wrapping an arm around the shorter girl’s shoulders. “Have you met Jake?” Emily shook her head, eyes wide as she looked at him.

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