Of Bishops And Pawns (Ridge Rogues Book 2) by Renee Harless

Author:Renee Harless [Harless, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six – Sarah

I wasn’t sure what to expect as I arrived at the location Dr. Fincher had directed me to via her email. While I was at the commons yesterday, I saw the volunteer sign-up sheet for the Wellington Housing Alliance. I tugged off the contact information for the program along with a few others, but it was my first choice. WHA was a program I had never heard of before, but after doing some diligent research, I had learned that they built homes around the town of Wellington for underprivileged families and those affected by natural disasters. All in all, it was a charitable organization headed by Dr. Fincher, one of the professors at Wellington Ridge University.

I wasn’t enrolled in any of her classes, but the students seemed to love her even though she taught some of the most challenging courses on campus.

The surroundings were unfamiliar as I was deposited on the corner by the public transportation. If it weren’t for the slew of construction equipment and a crowd of other volunteers, I would have worried that I was in the wrong place. Instead, I was greeted by a few classmates that I recognized as well as Dr. Fincher who was handing out cups of coffee to everyone as they arrived.

She quickly placed us in groups of ten that would work alongside a contractor and housing professionals. Pretty much, we were here to do the grunt work.

In each of the groups, she assigned one point person that would help direct the volunteers and keep them on task.

As Dr. Fincher joined our group to divvy out the assignments, she frowned as she called out Archer Calloway’s name. I was certain that only one Archer attended Wellington and I knew from Ford that Dr. Fincher was his adoptive mother. The disappointment was etched on her face as she glanced around the gathering for her son.

“Well, I guess he is running late this morning. In the meantime, Sarah Hodges,” she called out, and for some strange reason, I felt like a scolded child though I knew I had done nothing wrong.

“Yes, ma’am.”

She looked up from her clipboard, eyes wide in surprise, then they quickly softened as she tried to hide her reaction to me. Something was up with these ridge rogues and their families if this is how they would all react to meeting me.

“I’m going to assign you as the leader this morning. Here is the task sheet for house three, which you all will be working on,” she explained as she handed me a printed spreadsheet with a list of items that needed completion and the timeframes in which to complete. “I’m certain that we can handle this for today.”

“Okay. Thank you, Dr. Fincher.”

My group was introduced to the contractor we’d be working with and I immediately felt at ease with the woman that had made a name for herself and her company in town. She explained that this was her fourth year working with the alliance and that we were all saints for donating our time.

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