Deal Breaker by Rosemoor Patricia

Author:Rosemoor, Patricia [Rosemoor, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2011-07-01T05:00:00+00:00

“WIDOW’S Peak has always been in our family,” Mike Anderson said. “Maybe we shouldn’t sell.”

Hailey wore a smile that was becoming more uncomfortable as the meeting with the Anderson brothers went on. “Of course that’s your choice.” She wanted to shoot Bryce for pushing for this meeting.

They were sitting in the back of Ray’s bar, beers and burgers on the scarred wood table, but she’d barely taken a bite, and she’d done that only to be polite. Getting food past the lump in her throat was nearly impossible. She’d prepared for the meeting most of the morning until she’d met with Mrs. Polder. As Hailey had come to expect, the woman hadn’t liked the two homes Hailey had shown her, although she was anxious to view a third property that evening.

Nothing was going right today. Bryce should have left well-enough alone, but his mind was on a single track—make James Croft happy.

“Let’s not be hasty,” Ray said. “Selling the estate could be lucrative. Right, Hailey?”

“Yes, of course.”

“How lucrative?”

“That depends. The property needs work if a potential buyer intends to live there.”

“Which means putting out a lot of money.” Now Ray was hedging. “Money we don’t have.”

His brother grinned at him. “How’s this for an option? We could sell both of our places and then move in together.”

“Yeah, the wives would like that.”

Hailey saw her chance at a major sale fade away and tried to console herself that maybe the brothers would let her sell their individual houses if they went this route.

Mike argued, “The estate is big enough to house four families.”

“If they didn’t kill each other. Forget it. Not happening.”

“Yeah, I suppose you have a point. I just hate to see it go out of the family.” Mike turned to Hailey. “So how much do you think we can get for the place?”

“Like I said, that depends. If I put it on the market as is, you would most likely be attracting someone who would rip the place down to build a new mansion. I’m afraid you wouldn’t get top dollar that way.”

“We wouldn’t want that!” Ray said. “As is…what do we need to do to get a buyer who would keep the old house?”

“You need to do repairs on the outside and at least some updating inside.” She wasn’t about to tell them about Croft’s interest in the place, not until she had a contract. Then, if he followed up and insisted on seeing the estate right away, she would let him have a look to make him happy. She did owe that to Bryce. “Of course, the landscaping needs work and the rooms all have to be staged properly as well.”

“What would that all cost?” Ray asked. “And how long would it take before we could actually put the estate on the market?”

“I don’t know yet. I barely took a look the other day. I would have to take a more detailed tour of the place, to see what I think it needs. Then I would need to contact a contractor and get an estimate.

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