The Run Around by Bernadette Franklin

Author:Bernadette Franklin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Pen & Page Publishing
Published: 2020-04-27T20:00:00+00:00

It took until midnight to get the basics of the McCarthy file situated, and I put an end to the discussion out of worry for them, as both yawned and seemed barely able to keep their eyes open. A single glance at Jacob got the man to send a pair of his employees with them to make certain they got home in one piece.

I accepted his offer for the same, although the older man who drove my vehicle back to the hotel would walk back to work rather than partner up with someone else. Settling my new pets took longer than anticipated, as Edgar Allan Paw whined if his bed was too far from me, which transformed my hotel room into a maze. Lenore insisted on staying with her friend, and she allowed me to pet her.

Morning came early, with a hungry dog and a kitten both pawing at me in a demand for a walk and their breakfast. It amused me the pair had figured out I would be their provider, and I fed them first before taking them into the hotel’s miniature yard so Edgar Allan Paw could take care of his morning constitutional at his leisure rather than mine. To spare the old man from walking to work, I herded them to the car and drove them in, laughing over how my initial plan to avoid traffic and get exercise hadn’t even lasted a week.

Working without a hangover did me a world of good, and despite the oddities of my assignment, I discovered I could settle into a routine and gain back some control over my life. Over my lunches, I both amused and tortured myself with planning a wedding for Rick, narrowing the field to one old church, several potential yachts, a cruise liner willing to host a wedding if we could plan for it eight months in advance with an upfront payment for the use of the ship, and several parks and gardens suitable for wedding photography.

Some of the yachts reminded me of miniature cruise liners, and they took luxury to excess—as did their operational costs. One yacht, with a maximum capacity of over seven hundred, would cost a hundred thousand to rent for the wedding, including rehearsals, catering, and entertainment. I particularly liked that yacht, as it oozed luxury and would sail anywhere within six hours of port, resulting in a party nobody would forget anytime soon. The cruise liner would be willing to take the entire party anywhere they typically sailed at standard cabin fare plus an additional fee for the wedding itself.

I worried that the rich and famous might even bite on a week or two adventure for the entire wedding, as that seemed something the excessively wealthy would indulge in.

I wondered if my boss would let me take a week or two off to go to a wedding.

On Friday night, I headed to the hotel with my pets in tow, braced for a conversation I’d ultimately hate and love at the same time, and called Rick.

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