Romancing the Girl by Camryn Eyde

Romancing the Girl by Camryn Eyde

Author:Camryn Eyde [Eyde, Camryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-04-28T22:00:00+00:00


Dear Mr Joseph Turner

You are cordially invited to celebrate

the marriage of

Mr Gregory Chambers

to

Miss Tracey Geraghty

on 4 December

at the sale yards, Roper Creek

Please RSVP by 8 November

“Damn it!” he growled, screwing up the invite and tossing it across the room, narrowly missing Sally, who was walking in with a mug in her hand.

“Jesus, Joe!”

“Sorry,” he muttered.

“What was that in aid of?” she asked, putting the cup on the desk next to her brother and retrieving the crumpled ball. “Oh, Joey,” she whispered when she read it. “I’m sorry.”

He shrugged. “It’s her life. She can marry who she likes.”

“I know, but—”

“Save it, Sal.”

“All right, all right,” Sally said, raising her hands in defence. “Have you seen Aimee? She was supposed to collect Robbie to help with the horses, but I haven’t seen hide nor hair of her.”

Joey sighed and held his head in his hands as his elbows rested on the desk. “She’s probably packing.”

“Packing?”

“She’s going to Armidale.”

Sally’s eyes widened. “What did you do, Joseph?”

“I did nothing, so back off. She assaulted Justine.”

Sally gasped.

“She knows the consequences of violence on my property.”

“Your property? Last I checked, we had equal shares.”

“You know what I mean.”

“No, Joseph, I don’t. We accepted your will to be in this show, but ever since that lot have gotten here, you and Aimee have barely had a civil word to each other. It’s got to stop.”

“Armidale will do her good, Sal. She’s got lots of opportunities there.”

“You better hope that’s the case because you’ll be answering to me otherwise.”

Joey shook his head and glared at the paperwork on his desk.

“Now, how was the date?”

Confused by the change in subject, he said, “Good. Amber is…surprising.”

“Oh? The accountant?”

“Yeah. You knew?”

“Justine mentioned it the other day.”

“She’s doing nursing, too.”

Sally nodded.

“She’s…nice.”

“Pretty too,” Sally said with a smile.

“Yeah, but it’s not just that, you know? After Justine went off on her Aimee-crusade, we just sat down and talked for ages about—”

“Wait. Aimee-crusade?”

“Yeah. She got all moody and took off to find Aimee.”

“I thought you said Aimee assaulted her?”

“Aimee pushed her over.”

Sally’s hands went to her child-bearing hips. “You mean to say you banished your kid sister because she pushed someone over!”

“Yes, but—”

“What were they arguing about?”

Joey worked his jaw as he tried to catch up. “Umm…about Aaron.”

“Aaron?”

“Yeah. Aimee seemed to think he was her boyfriend…I think.” Joey scratched his chin as understanding dawned on his sister’s face.

“I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.”

“Knew what?”

Sally grinned. “I think our little sister is in love.”

Joey scoffed before chuckling. “Yeah, right, whatever.”

Sally just nodded at him.

“What? With Justine? No way, they can barely stand each other.”

“Tell me one time Aimee has ever been jealous?”

“Jealous? Aimee?” Joey chuckled again. “She’s made of stone, Sal. Nothing gets to her.”

“Exactly.” Sally shot him a wink and left the office, leaving him utterly confused.

“Bloody women,” he muttered, shaking his head, having no idea what the point of that conversation was. Picking up the invite Sally had left on the desk, he sighed. There was no way in hell he was attending that wedding, so without further thought, he threw the invite in the bin.



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