A Reason to Stay_A Mindalby Outback Romance by Linda Charles

Author:Linda Charles [Charles, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07C7J6CMC
Publisher: Escape Publishing
Published: 2018-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

In the empty bakery Rachael closed her eyes and started to count down from one hundred in her head. Counting helped get her head into the right place, especially after such a personal conversation with Mike. A conversation she didn’t want to end. Over the phone she could hear Gordon issue instructions to his secretary. She opened her eyes when his voice grew louder.

‘Rach, a major job has come in and you’re in a perfect position for us to take full advantage.’

Her body stiffened at the urgency in his voice. With a clean page in front of her she wrote the date on the top right hand corner. What was it with Friday mornings? He never failed to find some way to keep her busy over the weekend.

‘Go on.’

‘We have to move on this. The banks have sent me through a list of mortgage defaulters in your region. It’s simple. They want the properties re-valued, and either the properties auctioned or put to private sale. In my experience these properties will be auctioned.’

Bankruptcies.

Her heart plummeted as she listened to Gordon. ‘Don’t you think the banks are being a little premature? Things are happening up here, and soon money will be flowing back into town.’

‘Rach, I’m looking at their figures now and it’s not looking good.’

Her mind rattled back to Shar’s conversation with Bob’s mother yesterday morning naming some families who had pulled their daughters out of ballet classes, and extra after-school tuition. It was all starting to sound very close to home.

‘Gordon, what’s the rush? Can’t we talk the banks into waiting for another six months or more? It’ll take that long for people to find new work and there’s talk of turning the mill into a co-op.’

‘A co-op? Who in Mindalby has the money to be buying into that? I’m seeing more red than black on this map.’

She winced at the sudden blast of paper rustling over the phone.

‘Mindalby, here it is. That’s the hardest hit. You can’t blame the closure of the mill on everybody’s financial stress.’

She gripped her phone. ‘Gordon, we both know it takes a while for money to filter through.’

‘Exactly my point. All this started well before the mill’s closure, but now that’s closed things will only get worse.’

She closed her eyes. It could only get better, it had to get better. They were investing so much money and time into the revamped bakery, it had to work. What would Gordon know about what was happening in Mindalby, he wasn’t the one speaking to local business people.

‘There’s nothing I can do up here.’

‘There’s plenty you can do. I want you to speak to both banks in Bourke and any in the satellite towns like Mindalby, and get the process started. We’re getting a list of names together now and that’ll be emailed to you shortly.’

Stunned, she bit into her bottom lip. Things were rapidly spiralling out of control.

Gordon purred. ‘I can’t believe it. With you there, the timing couldn’t be better.’

The man was positively crowing.

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