Love is Lovelier by Donna Simonetta

Author:Donna Simonetta [Simonetta, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, contemporary
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2018-01-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Bedlam reigned in the normally serene lobby of the Retreat. Voices were raised as one group tried to check in, and Mick hung up the phone after a frantic call from the leader of the second group due to arrive this morning, who was stuck at the airport with his entire staff, because the minibus hired to transport them had yet to arrive.

He needed to get on the horn to hunt down the van, but first he had to listen to this woman’s interminable discussion about the importance of her special diet, in which she apparently wouldn’t eat anything that had been cooked. Who the hell had come up with this one?

“I’ll personally notify our chef about your dietary considerations, ma’am.”

Pacified, the woman thanked him and moved away, and he heard Jeff’s amused drawl at his ear. “Our chef? Mrs. Wilson is going to be thrilled with her promotion.”

One side of Mick’s mouth quirked up. “Mrs. W. will be less thrilled when she hears this woman doesn’t want to eat anything that’s been cooked above a certain temperature. What’s that about anyway? And do you have any idea who I can contact about the M.I.A. minibus?”

“And now you know why I consider my sister indispensible. It’s not about nepotism. She keeps this place running like a top. Did you ever see a clusterfuck like this check-in when she’s here?”

“No. I’ve been blissfully unaware of what the check-in process required.”

“That’s because Heather has it as organized and coordinated as the D-Day invasion. Only with freshly-baked cookies.”

Mick slapped his forehead. “Cookies! I forgot to get the goddamned cookies from the Nosh Pit! Is it really only Monday? Because it feels like later in the week—Wednesday at least, if not Thursday. Friday would just be wishful thinking.”

“It’s not just Monday. It’s Monday morning, my friend. The whole Heather-less week stretches before us. And this is precisely why I wanted my sister and you to work out your differences. We can’t afford to lose her.”

“You won’t.” Mick would leave before he let Heather lose her job on account of him.

As the last guest left the lobby, peace was restored.

“I think the number for the airport transportation service is in Heather’s office, c’mon,” Jeff said as he walked toward the door from the lobby to their office area.

If Mick hoped the change of venue would get him off the hook conversationally, he was about to be doomed to disappointment.

Jeff flicked the light switch by the door, and the fluorescent light came on with a low hum. He lifted a Rolodex off of her desk and flicked through the cards.

“Old school,” Mick observed.

Jeff snorted. “I know, right? Heather keeps all this info on her phone too, but she calls the Rolodex our insurance, in case she’s ever hit by a bus. She knows Cisco and I could never find anything on her computer.”

“Hit by a bus, huh? Do we even have buses in Rivers Bend?”

“Nah, but she likes to be prepared for anything and everything.

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