Needled to Death by Maggie Sefton

Author:Maggie Sefton [Sefton, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

“Found another one,” Megan announced, paging through the stack of papers on the floor. “This one says Ryeland. Do we have that breed yet?”

Kelly ran down the list she’d made of the various breeds of sheep. “Yeah, we’ve got that one. Put it in the pile to be copied. I’m going to have to make a binder with all these certificates and pictures. Otherwise I won’t be able to remember which one is which.”

She took a drink of the last of Chet’s coffee. Not bad. Not great, either, but right now she couldn’t be choosy. It was nearly noon, and she was hungry. She hoped the guys didn’t return from their cattle tour with big appetites, because the doughnuts and coffee were long gone. She and the others had convinced themselves that sorting through disorganized files had a much higher stress level than riding the range looking at cows. Therefore, they deserved the doughnuts. But she didn’t look forward to explaining her line of reasoning to the guys.

Kelly leaned back in the cushioned armchair. Sunlight poured through the windows of the cozy ranch house office. She glanced around the cluttered desk, file folders stacked on top of each other and on the floor. Both Jayleen and Megan sat in opposite corners, each surrounded by piles of paper. It had taken three hours for them to get this far, and Kelly estimated they’d only checked a third of the files in the cabinet.

Then, there was the desk itself. Kelly didn’t want to think about that. She’d opened all four drawers earlier and found stacks of developed photographs, all wrapped in rubber bands with sticky notes attached. All those memories shoved in a drawer, she thought sadly.

She reached her arms over her head and stretched. “I’m hungry. How about you two?”

Megan nodded over her pile. “Oh, yeah.”

“Maybe Chet has sandwich stuff in the fridge?” Jayleen suggested.

“He doesn’t. I saw some eggs and things, that’s all,” Jennifer said, appearing in the doorway. She collapsed in a nearby chair. “Wonder if they deliver pizza out here.”

“Dream on,” Kelly said.

Megan looked up. “Well, if he’s got eggs, I can take a break from sorting and make something for us. Let me take a look.” She scrambled from the floor.

“Bless you,” Kelly said. “We can’t finish this office today anyway. There’s simply too much. I’ll have to spend a whole weekend here.” She grimaced.

“Okay, let me see what I can find in the kitchen,” Megan said as she left.

“At least we got all the alpaca certificates and most of the sheep and cattle info,” Jayleen said as she set her stack of papers on a nearby table. “It’s a good start, Kelly. Now we can come up with a rough idea of what these animals are worth.”

“I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your help, Jayleen. I’d be lost trying to figure out all this animal registry business.” Glancing to Jennifer, Kelly asked, “How’s your real estate survey going?”

“Except for a couple of shots of the pastures and views, I’ve got everything I need.

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