Something About You by Bridget Anderson

Author:Bridget Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-14T20:50:09+00:00

Chapter 13

The cozy offices of Parker Edmunds Foods occupied space on the fifteenth floor of the PNC Tower in downtown Lexington. Miles ran the entire company from these five rooms. Rarely did anyone come into the office who didn’t work there. Unless, on occasions like today, when his attorney, Winston Collier; his brother, Brandon; and a longtime advisor, Ralph McKay, met to discuss business.

“So, everyone’s in agreement this is the move we want to make?” Miles asked his business team to confirm before they made a very important acquisition.

Glenda turned her gaze from the window toward the team. “We won’t be able to survey the land until the family moves out, but from what we’ve seen I think it’s perfect for soybeans. Anywhere in that area would be good, but with this foreclosure looming, we’d be foolish to pass it up.”

“What about the family living there now?” Brandon asked from his corner spot in the room. “What if they refuse to leave? I saw something like that on television.”

Miles cleared his throat. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. A foreclosure’s not an easy thing to come to grips with.” He looked at Glenda. “Do you know anything about the family living there?”

She shook her head. “No, but do we need to know anything about them? And I’m not trying to be facetious here, but the acquisition is more my concern.”

Winston shuffled some papers in front of him. “I do know that only one person works outside of the farm. That land is the source of most of their income. However, it hasn’t produced enough to pay off the loan in years. I believe there are about six residents, two of them children.”

Miles shook his head. “I know their well-being is none of my concern, but unless they have someplace to go, this stinks.”

Winston, Ralph and Glenda all chimed in at the same time in response to Miles’s concerns. He couldn’t help how he felt. While doing mission work, he’d watched his father help families who’d lost everything due to drought, conflicts or corruption, with no place to go.

He didn’t like the idea of benefiting from someone else’s pain.

“Look, at the end of the day, it’s business, Miles,” Ralph broke through the chatter. “You’re not the cause of their pain, and you aren’t taking advantage of them. But I understand where you’re coming from. If it makes you feel any better, I’ll personally look into the owner’s situation as best I can.”

Miles nodded. Always sympathetic, Ralph, like Miles, had traveled the world as a child and had his own famine stories to tell.

“What’s the name of the family?” Ralph asked Winston.

“Montgomery. The name on the deed is Paula Montgomery,” Winston confirmed.

Ralph nodded as he jotted it down.

“Okay, the next piece of business to discuss is the Global Summit in Chicago next week,” Glenda said. “Everything has been shipped to McCormick Place, reservations have been made for Friday night’s dinner and I’ve booked my hotel, but Miles, I

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