North Dakota by Becca Fanning

Author:Becca Fanning [Fanning, Becca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Ginger held the calculator in her hand and sighed. Her coffee cup was already half-drained beside her. Vanessa hadn’t even come in yet for work. Ginger rapped a pencil against the notepad on the counter. She always liked to go over calculations twice to make sure she was on track.

And boy, was she. The holiday season was unprecedented! It would be her busiest season yet. The phone rang. Maybe even busier than expected. She clicked the phone on.

“Hey, neighbor.”

The deep voice gave her a jolt that she wished the coffee had. “Jack?”

“I’ve ended up renting the cabin down the street...” his voice was coy. She nearly smiled, imagining such a sheepish tone coming from his strong mouth.

“Did you find your brother?” she asked.

“Yes, he’s staying with me. Actually, I wanted to call...I may have to double that order for breakfast sandwiches.”

She shook her head and let out a laugh. “Let me guess, he has your appetite?”

“Worse. He’s been half-starved, hunting a schoolyard rival.” There was some protesting from another voice on the line. She smiled into the receiver. “He’s a bacon fella though. If you can manage.”

A happy sort of excitement ran through her. That he trusted her with news about his brother, that he was going to bring him by? She doodled a smiley face onto the notepad.

“You’ll have to get here earlier than nine,” she said in a teasing tone. The back door chimed and Vanessa walked in with raised eyebrows. Ginger’s cheeks warmed and she turned away from her assistant. “I’ll see you guys then.” She clicked the phone off.

“An order?” Vanessa asked innocently with her eyebrows still sky high. She couldn’t hide her smile.

“It was our customer from yesterday,” Ginger admitted and tried to shrug casually. “He’s bringing his younger brother.”

“Is he cute?” her employee asked and then checked her reflection in a shiny bowl. “Darn. I knew I should’ve put some lipstick on this morning.”

Ginger laughed and closed the notepad. She’d already begun arranging everything they needed to do for their work day. Vanessa refilled her coffee as they chatted over what needed to be done. Ginger left her at the front and went to make the breakfast items for the day. With the hum of holiday tunes, she’d fallen into work soon enough. It wasn’t until Vanessa cleared her throat loudly that Ginger pulled herself away from arranging a tray of croissants.

“Your gentlemen callers are here,” Vanessa whispered. “And the younger brother is cute!”

Ginger smoothed down her apron and walked out to the front. Sure enough, Jack and his brother were there. His younger brother was thinner than Jack, less rugged with a freshly shaved face. His voice had the same deep charm to it.

“Nice to meet you, Ms. Ginger,” he said and stuck his hand out. She took it. “Connor Wellington.”

“Connor,” she said and nodded, eyeing Jack from the side of her eye. “You can just call me Ginger.”

He nodded and then spotted the breakfast sandwiches waiting in the glass display case. His hand went to his stomach.

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