Strictly Friends by Frances Mensah Williams
Author:Frances Mensah Williams [Williams, Frances Mensah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542038898
Google: 88o4zwEACAAJ
Amazon: B0B2PBN1DT
Goodreads: 74818141
Publisher: Lake Union
Published: 2023-03-16T00:00:00+00:00
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Miss Idaâs eyes were glued to the laptop as Ruby scrolled through the draft pages of the Paradise Inn website, and she listened intently while Ruby explained the rationale behind Nickâs design and the features for the app currently in development.
âWhat do you think so far?â Ruby asked, closing the laptop. âWe still need to upload the pictures and I want to include a page about the islandâs history and, of course, the story of you and Marty.â
Relinquishing Miss Idaâs chair, Ruby returned to the visitorâs chair on the other side of the desk, hoping Miss Ida didnât hate what sheâd seen so far. But Miss Ida didnât reply, and as the silence stretched out, her eyes suddenly filled with tears.
âMiss Ida!â Caught off-guard, Ruby gasped in dismay. âWhatâs the matter? If you donât like it, we can change the colour scheme or even the whole layout. Honestly, whatever you wantââ
âNo, no, sweetheart!â Miss Ida said shakily. âDonât pay me no mind, Iâm just being foolish. Itâs beautiful just as it is. Iâm just so â so overwhelmed and â and grateful for what you folks are doing for me. Itâs hard to imagine that people all over the world will be reading about our home. Oh, Ruby!â
Miss Ida clasped her hands together and shook her head slowly, and Ruby blinked back her own unexpected tears.
âIâm so glad you like it, and I know Nick will be over the moon when I tell him. Your love story is incredibly inspiring â even to grouchy non-romantics like me.â
Keen to lighten the mood, Ruby lightly tapped the computer on her lap. âOnce Iâve finished with the pictures and sent everything to Nick, heâll finish the site in no time. Just promise that when you and Paradise Inn become world-famous, youâll find space for Jake and me when we visit.â
âThereâll always be a room here for you and my sweet boy!â Miss Ida rested her arms on the desk with an amused twinkle in her eyes. âSo, you do plan on coming back, then? See, a few days ago, Iâd have bet it was because of Kenny â or even Mac, since he comes every year. But now your beautiful man-friend has shown up, Iâm not sure what to think.â
Ruby shook her head. âYou really are a hopeless romantic, Miss Ida! Well, Iâm sorry to disappoint you but Griffin and I have been best friends since we were kids.â
âCanât say as I know many friends whoâd pick up and travel all this way just to surprise you. Calling me up to book a room and all.â
âIt does sound hard to believe when you put it like that,â Ruby giggled, âbut thatâs typical Griffin. We have a bond that is hard to explain to people. Neither of us has siblings, and growing up we were in and out of each otherâs house all the time. I was really close to his mum and, after she died, Griff was a mess for ages.â Ruby paused. âIn some ways, heâs still a bit lost.
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