Say I Do by Joan Kilby

Author:Joan Kilby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781953647887
Publisher: Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2021-03-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Monday morning, Angus was at the build site first, as usual, checking over the drawings and the supply of materials. The plumbers had done their thing, and the electricians would be coming tomorrow, so they had to finish stacking the walls today.

He checked his phone. No reply from Brianna to his texts from last night or this morning. It was nothing urgent, he’d only been checking in to see if she’d gotten the Japanese visitors settled okay. Yesterday had been special, and their kiss felt like a gateway to a new closeness, maybe even reconciliation. It would have been nice to consolidate that with a chat or grabbing a quick cup of coffee.

Did he dare to dream she’d begun to care for him again, that they could resolve the past and put it behind them? If so, would she consider relocating to Sacramento? He’d never stopped loving her, but what he felt now was bigger, more solid. His fingers moved reflexively to the ring hanging beneath his shirt, his symbol of hope for the future.

“Let’s go, Tony,” he said, as the young apprentice slowly strolled over. “We need to get the roof on today in case it rains.” He cast a worried glance at the dark clouds building in the west.

“Not gonna rain this week.” Tony, with his bushy blond hair and dozy blue eyes, looked as if he’d just crawled out of bed. Once he woke up, though, he was a willing worker.

“How can you be so sure?” Angus asked, intrigued by his confident tone.

“My gran’s arthritis gets real bad just before the rain. I asked her this morning and she said her joints are fine. Then I checked the ants near the stream that crosses our lot, and they were going about their business as usual. When it’s going to rain, they get real busy moving their eggs to higher ground.”

“I hope your gran and the ants are correct, but you won’t mind if I check the bureau of meteorology.” Angus scrolled through his phone for the website. “What do you know? No rain till later in the week. Even so, spring is changeable. The sooner we get the roof on, the better.”

He checked his watch. Bill was late—no, his truck was just pulling up, but he was alone. Usually Jordan caught a ride with him.

“Where’s Jordan?” Angus said as Bill got out and walked over to where he and Tony were standing.

“Broke his arm falling off the roof of his parents’ house,” Bob said. “He was replacing some shakes for them and slipped. Hurt his back, too.”

“Oh no,” Angus muttered.

“He wasn’t outside when I drove by this morning so I knocked on the door,” Bob went on. “His wife told me he was in the hospital overnight.”

“I’m sorry Jordan got hurt. It’s too bad.” Angus kicked at a clod of dirt, and surveyed the half-finished building. They were already under the gun time-wise and to lose an experienced worker was a disaster. “You guys get started. I need to make a couple of calls.

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