Purrfect Swing (The Mysteries of Max Book 34) by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2021-02-09T22:00:00+00:00

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“Look, Charlene,” said Vesta as she gave the little white ball a good whack, making it zoom across the fairway and hit a nearby tree. “I’m going to make you an offer you can’t refuse, okay?”

“And what offer would that be?” asked Charlene with a bemused smile as she watched the spectacle unfold.

“I want to build three extra floors on top of the original two, see?”

“Okay.”

“So I’ve been told I need some kind of permit to do that. Not that I understand why the government should stick their big nose into my private affairs, but fine. I’m a law-abiding citizen just like the next person, so I’m not going to start building those floors without permission.”

“That’s good to know,” said Charlene. She’d accepted her boyfriend’s mother’s invitation wondering what the old lady could possibly have to talk to her about, and now she was starting to regret having come out here to the Riviera Country Club already.

“So I’m going to ask you straight out: are you going to give me permission to build those extra floors and make my family some extra money or not? It’s a simple question.”

“No, I’m not going to do that,” said Charlene curtly. “And for a good reason.”

“I don’t want to know about your reasons,” said Vesta, holding up her hand.

“You don’t?”

“No, cause like I said, I’m here to make you an offer. I’m going to give you ten thousand dollars, cash in hand, if you give me that permit.”

Charlene stared at the old woman. “For your sake as well as mine I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear what you just said, Vesta.”

“Okay, so how about twenty?”

“Vesta Muffin!”

“Thirty thousand smackeroos and that’s my final offer!”

“You have got to be kidding me,” said Charlene, shaking her head and starting to walk back to the club house.

“You drive a hard bargain, lady!” Vesta called after her. “Thirty-five thousand!”

“You’re out of your mind!”

“Forty! I can’t go any higher than that or my daughter will kill me, and so will my son-in-law!”

“I suggest you save your money—and your breath!”

She took out her phone and dialed the number at the top of the list. Alec picked up on the first ring. “Alec, do you know what your mother just did?”

Her boyfriend heaved a sigh that seemed to come from very deep. “Do I? Do I really?”

“She just tried to bribe me into giving her permission to erect a couple of extra floors on top of her house.”

“She did what?”

“She offered me forty thousand in cash!”

“She’s nuts—did you tell her she’s nuts?”

“I told her she should shut up, but she kept on going, raising the offer from ten thousand to forty thousand.”

“Fifty thousand!” suddenly a voice sounded in Charlene’s rear, and when she glanced over her shoulder, she saw that Vesta was chasing her, golf club in hand!

“She’s chasing me, Alec, and she’s got a weapon!” Charlene cried, and started running—running for her life!

“Come back here!” Vesta yelled. “I’m not done with you!”

“But I’m done with you!” Charlene bellowed.

And so

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