[Blueberry Springs 01.0] Whiskey and Gumdrops by Jean Oram

Author:Jean Oram [Oram, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780991860234
Google: 64qPBAAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 18681077
Publisher: Oram Productions
Published: 2013-11-01T06:00:00+00:00

It couldn’t be as bad as she’d assumed. It just couldn’t be. She drummed her fingers on the table, thinking of all the reasons it couldn’t be that bad. She tipped her glass to check its contents. Empty.

Reporters loved to slaughter people. Stories like that sold papers. There was blood in the water. Sharks were circling. Blah, blah, blah. It was just reporters doing their job. Nothing more. This, like everything in life, could be handled. And not by hiding on a couch watching soap operas. Although hiding out and watching fictional drama unfold instead of dealing with real life drama felt pretty tempting right now.

No. She shook her head at her empty apartment. She wasn’t going to hide. She’d walked into this and had brought Frankie with her. The things mentioned in these articles had all been warning bells she’d ignored in order to get what she wanted.

Seth was in trouble. The chain would soon follow, meaning she’d lose Frankie’s inheritance if she didn’t find a way out of Seth’s mismanagement and over-extension mess. He hadn’t done enough market research and had expanded too quickly.

But Seth had a nice boat. You didn’t go buying nice stuff if you were in trouble unless…

No. Of course not. He wouldn’t go buying a big yacht in order to run away at some point. That was silly. This wasn’t a movie. This was real life.

Mandy massaged her temples. This wasn’t Seth’s first trip to the rodeo. Look at the way he’d allowed her to modify her agreement in order to protect her interests. Someone who was about to flee or take franchisees for all they had didn’t do that. Plus, he’d lent her money.

The articles were probably about one little case of mismanagement--thanks to Lexi’s branch--as well as Seth expanding too fast and missing a few details that got the suits upset. On the yacht Mandy had noticed Lexi seemed to have an ax to grind and she didn’t doubt that Lexi was behind the ruckus. Seth would buy her out and the rest of them would live happily ever after.

Problem solved.

She laughed at poor attempt to convince herself it was all going to be okay and got up to fix herself another drink.

Frankie burst into the room again, sending Portia back under the couch and Mandy spilling ice cubes across the counter.

“Didn’t you do research?” he asked in a pained voice.

“Yes!” Mostly.

Frankie shifted his weight, his face pale.

“You won’t lose your grandpa’s building, Frankie. No matter what. I promise.”

He met her eyes and she read his mind, grabbing her coat and purse. It was time for a trip to the city because it was a lot harder to escape difficult, pointed questions when you had to look someone in the eye. And that was exactly what she planned to make Seth do--look her in the eye and spill the truth.

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