One Track Mind by Bethany Campbell

Author:Bethany Campbell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: American Light Romantic Fiction, Man-Woman Relationships, Sports Agents, Romance: Modern, Contemporary, North Carolina, General, Romance, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Romance - Contemporary, Automobile Racing, Fiction, Sports, Stock Car Racing, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9780373185252
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

BY THE END OF THE DAY, Lori slumped in exhaustion over her desk. She’d spent all day talking to a seemingly endless string of people. Party suppliers. Vendors. The printer who did the Kent and Dean Grosso posters. The manager of the Bluegrass String Band, an up-and-coming folk-country group. Catering companies. The Magic Dragon Fireworks Company.

A desultory rain drummed at her window. Her head spun with names, instructions, recommendations, estimates, prices and enough details to boggle her mind for days. Clyde stopped by just as she was straightening her cluttered desk.

“You’re working late,” he said.

“Kane Ledger has big plans. I take care of the grunt work.”

“Want a ride home?” Clyde asked, leaning against her door frame. “It’s wet out there.”

“I’d love one,” she said with feeling.

“I should’ve asked sooner. I had a list of stuff to do, too. There’s a feller coming to give an estimate on replacing the scoreboard. Another company to make recommendations on cleaning up pit road. And an expert to eyeball the track surface. That Kane, he thinks of everything, doesn’t he?”

“He certainly does,” she agreed with a sigh.

“Kinda wanted to talk to you, too,” Clyde said. “I’ve heard tell of some funny things happenin’ around town.”

“Funny things?” she echoed.

“Tell you when I pick you up. Meet me in the lot in five minutes?”

Five minutes later, she reached the parking lot, her umbrella up, her book bag filled with paperwork. Clyde’s truck pulled up, he helped her load the Vespa into the back, and she got into the passenger’s seat. As he started the engine, she turned to him.

“So what’s happening in town?”

“Nobody yet knows who bought Junior McCorkle’s castle,” Clyde said, tilting the bill of his cap up. “And nobody knows much what’s going on. It’s mysterious. Now the same lawyer phoned up Liz and made an offer on the old Military Theater. He’s representin’ somebody. But who? Nobody knows.”

Lori frowned quizzically. “The Military Theater? It’s been closed for years. What would anybody want with it?”

“I don’t know,” Clyde said. “Most little town picture shows closed years ago. People go to the video store or drive over to Henderson or Asheville to a multiplex.”

“Do you think it’s the same person who bought the castle?”

“Maybe. Maybe not. But they asked Liz about other properties. Like the old hotel.”

“The Bostwick? It closed when track attendance fell—that was over four years ago. I mean it was a beautiful building once, but it’s been empty so long.”

“Yup. Take some major fixin’ up. But this caller was interested in pretty near all property for sale ’round Halesboro. No offer. Just a heckuva lot of askin’.”

Lori’s brow creased in puzzlement. “Why the sudden interest? What’s up? Is there something about Halesboro we don’t know? Are we going to become some kind of hot spot?”

“Not that I’ve heard.” Clyde shrugged. “About all we got here these days is a lot of scenery.”

“And a lot of outsiders suddenly interested in real estate,” mused Lori. “Including the Devlin Corporation. I wonder if Kane knows anything about this.

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