Southern Discomfort by Caroline Fardig

Author:Caroline Fardig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2018-03-06T05:00:00+00:00

* * *

—

I stewed all the way home about the horrid detective’s comments. What was even the point of his conversation? To glean some kind of information from me? I had no idea, and it hurt my head just to worry about it.

When I got back to the B&B, I helped Delilah finish our chores at warp speed, did a slapdash job at the day’s accounting and marketing, and threw together some easy oatmeal bars for the afternoon magic show.

I found Delilah in her room, changing into some nice clothes for our trip to the realtor’s office. I’d made an appointment for us to meet with Vivian Gibbons. Delilah had chosen a pretty wine-colored dress, and she’d even put on Grandmama Hattie’s pearls.

“Beautiful, sis.” I fingered the strand of pearls around her neck. “I’m sure Grandmama Hattie would love to know you’re wearing these.”

She wiggled her eyebrows at me. “I’ll have Uncle Frank get a message to her.”

I didn’t deign to respond. Instead, I changed the subject. “So the plan is realtor, magic show and check-in, and then finding a way to get into Abercorn Bistro to talk to Mark Potter and Ross Cline?” I’d filled my sister in on what I’d learned from Drew, and we’d formulated a schedule of sleuthing for the day while we were working together earlier.

“Abercorn Bistro is already done. Tucker knows a waitress there who owes him a favor, and he managed to get a reservation for dinner tonight.”

I stared at her. “Whoa, whoa. You let Tucker in on our investigation? D, seriously?”

“Don’t get your panties in a bunch. I told him nothing.”

“So how did it come up in conversation this morning that you needed a way into Abercorn Bistro today, even though it’s always booked solid weeks in advance?”

She shrugged. “I told him you’d probably say yes to a date if he could get a res there.”

My mouth dropped open. “You did what? This reservation is for Tucker and me?”

“Yes. It seems to me that there’s nothing the man won’t do to win your affections. Go with it.”

I took her by the shoulders. “This is insanity! First and foremost, I am not the kind of woman who agrees to a date with a man solely based on the destination. Shouldn’t my own sister know that? Plus, why would Tucker even want to take me anywhere if I were indeed that shallow? And thirdly, have I not multiple times in the past few days begged you to quit trying to set me up with him? Am I not being clear enough? What’s it going to take to get you to quit your meddling?”

Not looking particularly sorry for her transgressions, Delilah said, “Were those rhetorical questions, or do you expect me to come up with answers for all of them?”

I let out a strangled cry and fled the room.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.