Return to Seven Sisters by M. L. Bullock

Author:M. L. Bullock [Bullock, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven—Carrie Jo

“Guess who’s here?” Rachel’s voice sang over my phone. “I’m at the front door with coffee and donuts. Please open the door, Carrie Jo.”

“What?” I said with a smile, happy to hear Rachel’s voice; she sounded like her old self. As I opened the door to let her in, I realized that not only did she sound like the Rachel I knew and loved, she looked like her too. No more slicked-back hair, angry expression and excessive black eyeliner. Her hair was soft and brushed without a hint of gel in it. She had a big smile on her face and even wore earrings. She had ditched the nose ring too. For some reason, I thought of Mia, my late friend who had always been so changeable in life. Mia would sometimes show up looking like Marilyn Monroe, and the next day you’d swear she was Cleopatra reincarnate. I wondered, and not for the first time, whether Mia’s ability to change like that had something to do with her mental illness. And was I seeing these symptoms again with Rachel? I hoped not.

“What an awesome surprise,” I said as I opened the door and took her into the kitchen.

“Where’s AJ?”

“He’s taking a nap, and don’t you dare wake him up,” I warned her with a smile.

“Nope, not going to do it. It’s you I want to talk to, you and Ashland. Here, have a coffee.”

“Thanks, Rachel. Ashland isn’t here, so you’ll have me all to yourself. This is so…unexpected.”

“Just like old times, huh?”

“Yeah, I was kind of thinking that.”

Before I could ask her how she was doing and what she’d been up to, she blurted out, “So, are we getting the band back together, boss? I need to know because I’ve got some decisions to make.”

“You mean the restoration business? All that kind of stopped when Ashland got sick, Rachel. I think at this point, we’re just taking things one day at a time. I would love to start the business back up, but even if we did that today, it would take a while to get our first client.” I couldn’t believe we were talking about this. What would Ashland say? He and I hadn’t even talked about it with each other, not in any real way.

“See, that’s where you’re wrong. I know for a fact there is more work to do; we still have Idlewood, and I am the new head of Restoration for Idlewood. Can you believe that? The Brotherhood owns the place now and wants me to finish the work there, but I told them I couldn’t accept their offer until I knew what you and Ashland were going to do. So, that’s why I’m here.” She steadily pulled donuts out of the bag, six of them, all covered in powdered sugar.

“I have mixed feelings about that, Rachel. I want you to take over at Idlewood, of course, I mean you are uniquely qualified to do so, and thank goodness those horrible Taylors are

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