The Bourbon Bargain by Adrian R. Hale

Author:Adrian R. Hale [Adrian R. Hale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Adrian R. Hale
Published: 2024-01-27T00:00:00+00:00

twenty

Hayes

It was torture leaving Paige alone to deal with her mother’s insane schedule and planning while I went to The Abyss to work from my office here in Savannah. Despite most of the company having the week between Christmas and New Year’s off, I still have plenty of catching up to do. Diego emailed me a new update on the South African mines, the lawsuit, and what they have dug up on Octavius Rex and his possible connection to the New York law firm that brought the suit against Olympus and my brothers. It’s not a clear connection, and that bothers me. I thought for sure it had to be backed by Rex, as he’s the one with the most to gain from our downfall. I spend the majority of my morning piecing together a plan to get through this situation but there is another matter that needs to be addressed. One I had better get on sooner, rather than later.

I pick up my phone and dial a number that doesn’t get used much.

“Well, look who it is, calling the day after Christmas,“ the deep voice on the line says by way of greeting.

I smile. “You’re lucky I called you at all, old man,” I reply.

“Let me get your mother, she’ll want to give you the dressing down you deserve,” Thatcher Olsen says with a chuckle. I listen to the sounds of my father moving through their house overlooking the Chattahoochee River that flows through their small town of Helen, Georgia.

“Hayes, you old hound dog! How dare you not tell us you got married. I deserve a chance to meet any girl you bring into the family before she’s in the family way, so when do I get to see you and this lovely new wife of yours?” Rula Mae Olsen is not one for subtleties, and she’s ready to get down to the matter at the first opportunity.

“Hi Mother, it’s nice to talk to you, too,” I reply with all the patience expected of me.

“Tell him we’ve been hearing all about his romance with the heiress girl thanks to Virginia Coombes and Lotte Smithson.” I hear through the line from my father, who must be sitting next to Mom.

“You remember Lotte and Virginia—“

“I heard him, Mom, you don’t have to repeat everything. Just put the phone on speaker and you can both talk.” My parents are not even sixty-five, but you would think they were geriatric with how they despise using modern technology and all of its conveniences. Speakerphone should be a breeze since they take calls together all the time.

“Is this how you do it,” I hear Mom say faintly before I can hear Dad clearly.

“Just that button there, that should work,” he says.

“So, when do we get to meet this hotel heiress girl?” Mom asks again.

“Her name is Paige and she’s not a girl, she’s twenty-one,” I explain, knowing it will do little good.

“She’s an infant if anything. You are too old for that girl, but what

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