My Kind of You (A Trillium Bay Novel Book 1) by Tracy Brogan

Author:Tracy Brogan [Brogan, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503943247
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-04-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“We understand this is a risk, Mr. Taggert, but it’s one we are willing to take.” June Mahoney adjusted her black-framed glasses and stared at Ryan like a bull about to charge. She was a formidable woman wearing a navy-blue dress and big, chunky jewelry made of red plastic beads. Ryan didn’t typically notice jewelry, but this stuff was so big that it was loud. Every time she leaned forward, her necklace went thunk against the table, and her bracelet did the same every time she set her arm down. It was distracting.

So was the fact that one of her sisters sat next to her and continued knitting throughout the entire meeting. The needles went plink-plink-plink and kept catching rays of sunshine and blinding him in the eye. He couldn’t remember the name of that other sister, but it didn’t seem to matter. June was clearly the boss here, and her sister just repeated what was already said.

“Willing to take that risk,” she muttered, twirling soft pink yarn around the needle. Plink-plink-plink.

“My sisters and I have had our eye on that property for some time,” June continued, “and when my cousin Herb, who owns the Clairmont Hotel, told me about your company, well, I considered it divine providence. Then I discovered my nephew knew your father, too. It was just too much of a coincidence to be ignored. Tag has been kind enough to sketch out some ideas for the bed-and-breakfast, and I cannot tell you how impressed we are.”

“Impressed,” the other sister said.

It really was a slam-dunk win for Taggert Property Management. The Mahoney sisters wanted to hire them to renovate their current properties. Easy as shit and then ka-ching. Computerize their reservation system. Even easier and then ka-ching. And the company could do everything they needed for the bed-and-breakfast. Draw up plans, do a market analysis, check with the township to ensure the property was properly zoned. Constructing a three-story building was nothing compared to the places they usually worked on. The real kicker was that these old broads were willing to pay for all the prep work without even owning the damn land.

“Have you spoken with Mrs. O’Malley about her designated plans for the property? She may have a stipulation in her will deeding it to someone, which would stall your project. We can’t just move the bed-and-breakfast to another location because the geography will be different.”

He could not, in good conscience, let them pay for all these plans without informing them of the realities. Easy money was one thing, but reputation and integrity was another. He didn’t want to get sued if this deal fell through.

June glanced at her sister and then back at him. “The truth is, Mr. Taggert, that Bridget O’Malley is not in her right mind. As you can imagine. She’s almost a hundred and three years old. We’ve offered to buy it from her and let her live there until she decides to move, or until the Good Lord moves her for us, but the old ninny won’t listen to reason.

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