A Song to Remember by Kay Correll

Author:Kay Correll
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944761271
Publisher: Rose Quartz Press

Chapter 15

The next afternoon Beth bustled around, clearing her desk in her classroom. She had dinner plans with the boys, and she was not going to mess that up. She looked up and saw Mac standing in the doorway.

Torn, she was glad to see him, but she’d promised the boys that just the three of them would have dinner. But it seemed rude not to ask Mac, now that he was here in town. She gave him a weak smile.

He frowned and entered the classroom. Her phone rang and she gave him a just-a-minute sign. “Hello?”

Walter Dobbs’s voice came clearly through the phone. And he was annoyed. “We need you over here at city hall.”

“What’s wrong?”

“There’s a mess-up on the permits for the Arts Weekend. You filed them for your friend Sophie Brooks, didn’t you?”

Beth frowned. “I did.”

“Well, if you can’t even fill out the paperwork for permits properly, how do you expect to run the town if you become mayor?”

“What’s wrong with the permits?”

“You didn’t get all the signatures.”

Beth tried to picture the forms she’d filled out for Sophie. The one for the concert at the events center and another one for the crafts festival. “I’m sure I—”

“You need the event center manager’s signature on these. I called him so that you didn’t ruin the Arts Weekend for the whole town, but for legal reasons we still need the manager’s signature.”

“I’ll come by tomorrow and pick up the form and get his signature.”

“The deadline is tonight. If you don’t fix it, there’ll be no craft show or concert this weekend.”

“Okay, I’ll be there in a few minutes.” She clicked off the phone and looked at her watch. Dobbs could have easily gotten the signature, but of course, he wouldn’t think of helping her out.

Anyway, it was her fault. She remembered now that she was supposed to run the forms by the events center manager. With all that was going on, she’d let that detail slip by. And Dobbs had oh so clearly pointed out that she couldn’t let details slide if she wanted to be mayor.

“You okay?” Mac walked over and gave her a quick kiss.

“I—” She let out a long breath of air. “I’m fine. I just need to go run one quick errand. But I need to get the boys from after-school sports, and then I promised the three of us would make homemade pizza tonight. They’re a little upset with me. I haven’t been spending much time with them.”

“I could pick them up from sports and take them to your house. You could meet us there.”

“I—” How could she let him do that for her then not ask him to stay?

“As soon as you get there, I’ll leave. Let the three of you have a family dinner.”

She sent him a grateful look. Mac always seemed to know what she needed. “I promise I won’t be long.”

“Go. I’ll go get the boys from the gym and take them to your house.”

“Thanks, Mac. You’re the best.” She gave him a hug and slipped on her jacket.

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