Starting Over (Nugget Romance 4)
“Sam rushed to Nate’s table. “Your cell’s not working.”
“Yes, it is.” Annoyed, he pulled it from his pocket, played with it for a second or two, then pulled a face. “I must’ve inadvertently shut it off. What’s the crisis?” he asked, intimating that if she had her hand in it, it must be a catastrophe.
Why the man had to be so boorish, Sam didn’t know. For some reason he’d taken an instant dislike to her.
“No crisis,” she said, and noticed the barber sitting on the other side of Nate’s banquette. “Hi, Owen.”
“How you doing there, missy?” He flashed his dentures and started to squeeze out of the booth. “I best be getting over to the bowling alley. Me and the fellows have a standing game.”
Once Owen was out of earshot, Sam said, “A businessman from San Francisco may want to book the entire inn for a family reunion in July, but two of the rooms have already been spoken for on the dates he wants.”
“Get him to take another date,” Nate said, and drained his coffee before calling the waitress o...ver to pay his bill.MoreLess
“Yes, it is.” Annoyed, he pulled it from his pocket, played with it for a second or two, then pulled a face. “I must’ve inadvertently shut it off. What’s the crisis?” he asked, intimating that if she had her hand in it, it must be a catastrophe.
Why the man had to be so boorish, Sam didn’t know. For some reason he’d taken an instant dislike to her.
“No crisis,” she said, and noticed the barber sitting on the other side of Nate’s banquette. “Hi, Owen.”
“How you doing there, missy?” He flashed his dentures and started to squeeze out of the booth. “I best be getting over to the bowling alley. Me and the fellows have a standing game.”
Once Owen was out of earshot, Sam said, “A businessman from San Francisco may want to book the entire inn for a family reunion in July, but two of the rooms have already been spoken for on the dates he wants.”
“Get him to take another date,” Nate said, and drained his coffee before calling the waitress o...ver to pay his bill.MoreLess
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