Stepbrother, Mine by Mandy Lou Dowson

Author:Mandy Lou Dowson [Dowson, Mandy Lou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

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Sophie

“Not there, you incompetent imbecile!”

Sophie cringed as Alexis went through the guy for a short-cut. They'd been moving in the larger furniture and Alexis was having heart-failure at every wrong move the guys made. “Alex, go take a break. Have a cigarette.”

Her short-term partnership with Alexis had worked out so well that both women had decided to go into business together, starting up their own interior design company. Sophex Designs was the newest little design company in the city at the moment, and both girls were often scrambling to keep up with the workload. Today, they would finish this job for the snooty Mr. and Mrs. Renoud, and before taking so much as a day's break, would flit to the suburbs for a redec for a family friend of Alex's.

“Guys,” she announced, as Alexis stormed outside, cigarettes and lighter clutched tightly in her furious little fists, raven hair swinging as she went. “The couch goes along that wall,” she pointed to the long wall of the living room, directly opposite the huge fireplace. “And that large picture goes above it.” They'd been working 'round the clock and Sophie could see the exhaustion on the workers' faces. Alex made allowances for tiredness no more than she made allowances for error, and so it was up to Sophie to smooth the rumpled feathers of these guys before they walked out on them, like the last crew had.

A three day job ended up costing them a week because they'd had to do all the heavy lifting themselves, and sub-contract the carpentry work since their carpenter, Jake was still on the outs with them both after Alexis' last outburst of fury.

“Alexis,” she called, entering the side yard where she could see her partner and friend pulling furiously on a cigarette, her cheeks sucked in and her eyes closed in bliss. “You can't explode like that anymore,” she told her sternly, her face set. “We can't afford the time to look for another crew.”

“If they'd just do their jobs without needing a fucking map, we'd be good to go!” she informed her, crossing her arms, the smoke from her cigarette drifting upwards from where it dangled between her fingers.

“Calm down,” Sophie instructed. “Deep breaths, remember?” If these guys quit on them, they were up shit creek without a paddle. “Have you seen your shrink lately? I think your OCD is in over-drive.”

“Don't,” Alexis held up a hand. “Don't even mention that toad. Do you know he's started charging me more? Danger money, he calls it! It's ridiculous. I only smacked his face once, and that was after he called me a crazy bitch.”

Sophie doubled over in laughter. “I didn't think he was charging you to begin with.”

“He wasn't! But he said he will now.”

Both women sniggered. Alexis' ex-brother-in-law was a psychiatrist with his own very lucrative firm. He'd been seeing Alexis on and off for years, helping her deal with the lingering guilt about her sister's death. So far, all he'd managed to do was

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