Discover Time For Love by Louise Clark

Author:Louise Clark [Clark, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-64457-033-3
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

Chapter 23

Mike dropped her at the campsite. Before leaving for town he gave her a kiss, which he said was to remember him by. That made Liz laugh and somehow the kiss went from being quick and affectionate to being leisurely and passionate. She was humming to herself as she sauntered to her tent to pick up her tools before she headed down to the rift.

A quick look at her watch told her that it was nearing ten. That wasn’t surprising since she and Mike had left for the museum about eight this morning. She estimated the time it would take him to get to town, read and review the contract, possibly discuss it with Harvey the lawyer, then, once it was signed and off, to get back to the site. She decided she couldn’t expect him until after one, or maybe two, this afternoon. Since she was starting late on her excavation, she decided she’d work for an hour or so after the others stopped for lunch. That way she’d be able to share her own break with Mike when he returned.

Satisfied with this plan, she made her way down into the rift.

There was no evidence of Zac or Scarr over on her side of the line, so she wandered over to where Will and the students were working. “Morning.” She watched Maggy carefully brush away grains of earth that were disguising the fossilized bone beneath. The steady clink-clink of a hammer hitting a mallet indicated that Justin was hard at work chipping away surrounding rock on another part of the skeleton.

“Morning,” Maggy echoed, while Justin simply looked up and smiled.

Will lowered the book in which he was doing a sketch of a recently exposed bone and smiled at her as Justin had. He added, “Morning, Liz. Is Mike coming down to the site soon?”

She shook her head. “He’s on his way to town. Harvey phoned. The negotiations have been finalized. He sent the contract to Mike for review and signing. Mike’s gone into the office to print it off and read it. He’ll probably be back out by mid-afternoon.”

Will started to frown as she spoke and both Maggy and Justin stopped working to listen in. “Do you know what the terms were?”

Liz wondered if she should divulge the terms, then decided that there was no harm in letting Mike’s team know. “Mike and I are the lead authors on the dig report and the analysis of the skeleton. The location of the head is the determining factor on where the creature’s bones will be analyzed and eventually displayed.”

“Our side of the line and Discovering Dinos handles it. Scarr’s side and the bones go to his lab?” Will’s frown deepened. “And Mike is okay with this?”

Liz nodded. “He thinks the head is on his side.”

“Maybe. Maybe not,” Will said.

Liz laughed. “Yeah. That clause took my breath away. It’s so risky. On the other hand, I am really happy that Mike will be included in the final report, with his name ahead of Scarr’s.

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