OMG Christmas Tree by Stephanie J. Scott

Author:Stephanie J. Scott [Scott, Stephanie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stephanie J. Scott
Published: 2021-10-11T22:00:00+00:00

I HAD TO ADMIT, MEGAN’S plan to return to the tree lot made me more curious than suspicious.

“The big trees are gone,” I reminded her as we drove out of town toward the highway. “Remember, you took the last good one.”

She stuck her tongue out at me.

“Mature.” But I laughed anyway.

Only one car sat in the parking area. There were still trees left. We both jumped out of the truck.

Rob Sawyer waved, tugging an earbud free. He snapped his fingers and pointed at Megan. “Hey, I know you. How did you do with that giant tree?”

“It shook loose and then I slid off the road.”

Rob’s eyes nearly fell out. “What? No way.”

Ethan stomped over in his heavy boots. “I told you. You never should have sold her that big a tree. I’m sorry, miss.”

Rob looked past Megan to me. “Hey, Nick. We’ll get to you in a sec.” He turned to his brother. “I swear, I tied it really good. You aren’t going to sue us, are you?” he asked Megan.

Ethan jabbed Rob. “You don’t ask a customer that, dingus.”

“Sorry. I obviously can’t go back in time for a do-over.”

“Actually, you can,” Megan said. “Not the back in time part, but the do-over part. Sell us the rest of your trees.”

“The rest?” Rob turned to the lot. “We’ve got like, twenty left. What are you going to do with twenty Christmas trees?”

I joined the group. “Um, Megan? What are we going to do with twenty trees?”

Rob’s nose scrunched. “You’re with her?”

No use in lying. Both Sawyers would know I’d been holding out if I’d never mentioned Megan working for us. Sharp, captivating, and obviously not a townie like us, they’d have made it their business to get to know her. “We met...later that day.”

Ethan’s eyes widened. “You followed her?”

I cut him a hard look. “I found her in the ditch with the tree she bought from you guys pointed into a bush.”

Megan turned to me. “Did you find me? Or did you have a hot tip from these guys?”

Uh-oh. Fire smoldered in her eyes. I may have come clean how I’d tried to swindle her out of the tree, but she didn’t know I’d sought her out.

She shot me a quick look and turned back to the Sawyer brothers. “If it’s true you did a crap tie-job and you told Nick about it with some kind of hope he could take my tree, well, that makes this deal even more crucial.”

Rob tugged at the cord of his ever-present earbuds. “I didn’t tell him to go after you, I swear.”

Every muscle in my body clenched. Shut up, dude.

“Shut up, Rob,” Ethan said. “And what deal?”

Megan straightened, seeming to rise a few inches. “The deal you’re giving us for these trees. You’re going to deliver them to the mayor’s mansion and place them along the driveway leading up to the house. We’ll need white lights and extension cords. And an external power source.”

Rob and Ethan looked at each other and burst out laughing.

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