The Rock Star's Wedding by Demelza Carlton

Author:Demelza Carlton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Demelza Carlton
Published: 2016-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTY

Xan found Joe crouched at the base of the satellite dish. "I think I found your problem," he said. "I might even have the parts you need in the hold."

Now that sounded like some sort of miracle. If the wife was Venus, did that make this man Vulcan, the smith, in a much more modern guise? He didn't look particularly godly, even if he did have a nice backside.

"It's like you knew you'd be paying us a visit," Xan said, watching him to see his reaction.

"Nah, not really. I did some upgrades on the system on our island, when I finished up with yours at Easter. Ours is pretty much a smaller version of yours now. I keep spares on hand, just in case. So not that much of a coincidence." He laughed. "I'll have to hope we didn't take any damage from the storm, otherwise I'll be waiting weeks for replacements to arrive for ours."

If he owned an island like this one, no wonder they could afford the yacht. "Which island is yours?" Xan asked.

More laughter. "Oh, it's not really ours. We just lease a bit of it, with a bunch of other fishing families. Our operation's based down at the Abrolhos, near Geraldton. Bit of tourism, a lot of fishing, and a bit of pearling, too. At least, that's my wife's latest project. It'll be years before we get any pearls out of her oysters, but she's got the patience for it."

"You should talk to Baz and the other guys at the pearl farm on the mainland here," Xan suggested. "They've been farming pearls longer than almost anyone else."

"So she said – she came up here at Easter, too, and took a good look around then." Joe straightened. "Want me to take a look at your generator, too, while I'm here? It'll be quicker than getting an electrician out from the mainland, and we can fire your system up properly to check if I missed anything."

"Sure." It would be weeks before Xan could bring a contractor from the mainland, and if he really was the same bloke who'd repaired the dish when Jason decided to jump out of a helicopter onto it, no wonder the IT guys had called him again this time. A miracle worker, indeed.

She followed him to the power plant, where he estimated it would take him a couple of hours to have the hotel up and running as usual. They agreed on price – no need to haggle, seeing as he suggested they waive the normal callout fee in lieu of breakfast – and Xan was torn between watching him work and taking her empty cup back to the kitchen to wash it...and see how Jason was going.

"Can you tell my wife how long I'll be?" Joe asked.

That decided matters. Xan headed back to the shelter. She found Vanessa seated on a deck chair on the veranda, breastfeeding her baby as she stared out across the lagoon.

"Where's Jason?" Xan asked.

"Inside, washing up," Vanessa said. She lifted her arm to point at the water.

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