Sea Red, Sea Blue by Jean James

Author:Jean James [James, Jean James and Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-61116-326-1
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2013-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

11

Iris’s words were still in her mind that evening when Buzzy called again.

“Katherine—more work for you. We’ve lined up parties for the next three afternoons, and again on Monday. You keep track if you miss any of your days off. Later you can take a vacation when the condo sales slow down. We’ve had a bigger response to this development than we expected.”

“I’m glad my boat helps.”

“Helps?” He laughed. “No one wants to drive to Marco anymore. We always give them a choice, but they all want a boat ride. Even my associates love the novelty. Both of those parties Bill took out bought condos. One of the ladies showed me the pictures you took for her. Excellent work, Katherine.”

Praise from such a man meant little to Katherine, but at least she could gain experience with her boat and still earn her living. Actually, the extra pay had restored much of her depleted savings, and if it continued, she could afford to have work done on the Miss Iris soon.

For the next three days, she followed the same procedure. She accompanied the sales associates and their prospects on a tour of the condos, followed by dessert and coffee at the restaurant. The associate generally made a sales pitch at the restaurant, and by the time the buyer or buyers arrived back in home dock with complimentary pictures in hand, the associate could usually consummate a sale.

Katherine understood the power that sun burnished ocean had over people who had just left a raw winter in the north, and most of their buyers did come from northern states. Tired of icy streets and heating bills, most of them came ready to buy.

Monday’s party arrived an hour early, and with Johnny as the sales associate.

Katherine froze when she saw him step out of his car, but by the time he boarded the boat, she had her feelings under control. After all, what could happen with four other people aboard?

Johnny motioned her aside when he had his guests situated comfortably. “We’re going to pour some extra attention on our guests—give them a tour of Marco and a dinner at the restaurant. We may be gone longer than usual.”

At Marco, she was surprised when the young man of her first trip met the boat. He waited, as before, to take the Miss Iris.

“It won’t need gassed up today,” she called pleasantly and stayed at the helm.

“Take these, Billy,” Johnny said and threw him the lines.

Upon disembarking, Katherine noticed that Billy had a rod set there at the dock.

“Any luck?” she asked cheerfully.

He seemed confused at first, as if he didn’t know what she meant. “Oh, no, nothing today.”

“Katherine, take these folks on ahead. I’ll catch up in a second,” Johnny said.

“Of course.” She smiled at his clients. “Follow me.”

When she glanced back, she saw Johnny hand something to Billy.

Probably a tip. That’s something I didn’t think to do.

Johnny caught up and began his sales pitch while she busied herself with picture taking.

It seemed that Johnny took an unnecessarily long time to show the condos.

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