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Morgan followed Maddie to the register. “It must be nice having your family so close by.”
“I think so, but I drive Jaclyn nuts. I like to play matchmaker. She needs someone in her life whether she wants to admit it or not.” Maddie scanned the items and said, “Thirty-three eighty, I gave you the family discount. Normally, that sander is forty dollars.”
“Wow. Well, thank you.” Morgan ran her bank card through the scanner and signed her name at the prompt. “I’m sure the right guy will come along for Jaclyn,” she said, testing her hunch.
Maddie laughed. “Oh, no, darling, that’ll never happen.” She opened her mouth to say something else just as a forklift dropped a pallet of what looked like horse feed in front of one of the bay doors. Several of the bags burst open, and pellets spread out over the floor. Maddie frowned and put a hand to her forehead. “And that’s my husband on the forklift. I’d introduce you to him, but he’s about to go to the hospital as soon as I can get my hands on something heavy.”
“I’ll help you clean up. It’s the least I can do since you gave me the discount.”
“Oh, no, but thank you.” Maddie clenched her fists. “It’s about to get ugly in here. I suggest you run.”
“I’m gonna go,” Morgan said with a slight smile. “It was nice meeting you, and I’m sure Jaclyn will bail you out of jail.” Morgan hadn’t noticed if there were any other customers in the store, but if they were, they got an earful of obscenities.
CHAPTER 9
Y our new girlfriend is about to throw out her back,” Maddie said when Jaclyn answered the phone. “She’s trying to wrestle a bookcase out of her Jeep.”
Jaclyn looked out the window. “Austin?” she yelled out as she pulled the phone away from her ear.
“I only ate half a pack of Skittles,” he said as he walked out of the storeroom.
“Before dinner?” Jaclyn bit her lip. “Would you run down to Morgan’s place and help her unload something out of her Jeep?”
“Can I have the rest of the Skittles?”
Jaclyn pointed at the door. “Go now before I pull your ear off.”
“I met her today,” Maddie said when Jaclyn put the phone back to her ear. “Beautiful smile, thin, though. Maybe you should cook her something.”
“Maybe you should get rid of your binoculars.”
“She thinks you’re straight. I told you that you needed to advertise more.”
Jaclyn closed her eyes. “How did my sexuality come up?”
“I just said you resented my matchmaking, and she said she was sure the right guy for you would come along. Heath happened before I could correct her. Are you gonna out yourself to her or what? Somebody in town is bound to mention it before you do, then she’s gonna feel betrayed.”
“Why on earth would she feel betrayed?”
“Because y’all were all friendly last night on the dock. You should’ve told her then.”
“You better hide those binoculars because when I get my hands on them, they’re going into the lake.”
“I didn’t see you, Ida did. Oh, they got the case out…Morgan’s right, that pink is vile. I can’t see into her living room, but I bet it would look good painted white.”
“Pink is definitely not her color.” Jaclyn blinked, realizing that she’d gotten caught up in Maddie’s snooping. “I’m gonna hang up on you now.”
~~~
“Boy, you’re killing me.” Morgan grunted when Austin jammed her into the railing of the deck.
“Oh, sorry,” he said, barely breathing heavy, even though the bulk of the weight was on him where he stood at the bottom step of the deck. “How come we’re not bringing it inside?”
“The weather’s clear, so I’m gonna leave it out here to work on.” Morgan took the last step up and backed slowly as Austin climbed the steps. “Set it down easy.”
Once they’d lowered it to the deck, Austin put his hands on his hips and circled the case. “If it had a bow, it would make a fine boat. It’s deep
“I think so, but I drive Jaclyn nuts. I like to play matchmaker. She needs someone in her life whether she wants to admit it or not.” Maddie scanned the items and said, “Thirty-three eighty, I gave you the family discount. Normally, that sander is forty dollars.”
“Wow. Well, thank you.” Morgan ran her bank card through the scanner and signed her name at the prompt. “I’m sure the right guy will come along for Jaclyn,” she said, testing her hunch.
Maddie laughed. “Oh, no, darling, that’ll never happen.” She opened her mouth to say something else just as a forklift dropped a pallet of what looked like horse feed in front of one of the bay doors. Several of the bags burst open, and pellets spread out over the floor. Maddie frowned and put a hand to her forehead. “And that’s my husband on the forklift. I’d introduce you to him, but he’s about to go to the hospital as soon as I can get my hands on something heavy.”
“I’ll help you clean up. It’s the least I can do since you gave me the discount.”
“Oh, no, but thank you.” Maddie clenched her fists. “It’s about to get ugly in here. I suggest you run.”
“I’m gonna go,” Morgan said with a slight smile. “It was nice meeting you, and I’m sure Jaclyn will bail you out of jail.” Morgan hadn’t noticed if there were any other customers in the store, but if they were, they got an earful of obscenities.
CHAPTER 9
Y our new girlfriend is about to throw out her back,” Maddie said when Jaclyn answered the phone. “She’s trying to wrestle a bookcase out of her Jeep.”
Jaclyn looked out the window. “Austin?” she yelled out as she pulled the phone away from her ear.
“I only ate half a pack of Skittles,” he said as he walked out of the storeroom.
“Before dinner?” Jaclyn bit her lip. “Would you run down to Morgan’s place and help her unload something out of her Jeep?”
“Can I have the rest of the Skittles?”
Jaclyn pointed at the door. “Go now before I pull your ear off.”
“I met her today,” Maddie said when Jaclyn put the phone back to her ear. “Beautiful smile, thin, though. Maybe you should cook her something.”
“Maybe you should get rid of your binoculars.”
“She thinks you’re straight. I told you that you needed to advertise more.”
Jaclyn closed her eyes. “How did my sexuality come up?”
“I just said you resented my matchmaking, and she said she was sure the right guy for you would come along. Heath happened before I could correct her. Are you gonna out yourself to her or what? Somebody in town is bound to mention it before you do, then she’s gonna feel betrayed.”
“Why on earth would she feel betrayed?”
“Because y’all were all friendly last night on the dock. You should’ve told her then.”
“You better hide those binoculars because when I get my hands on them, they’re going into the lake.”
“I didn’t see you, Ida did. Oh, they got the case out…Morgan’s right, that pink is vile. I can’t see into her living room, but I bet it would look good painted white.”
“Pink is definitely not her color.” Jaclyn blinked, realizing that she’d gotten caught up in Maddie’s snooping. “I’m gonna hang up on you now.”
~~~
“Boy, you’re killing me.” Morgan grunted when Austin jammed her into the railing of the deck.
“Oh, sorry,” he said, barely breathing heavy, even though the bulk of the weight was on him where he stood at the bottom step of the deck. “How come we’re not bringing it inside?”
“The weather’s clear, so I’m gonna leave it out here to work on.” Morgan took the last step up and backed slowly as Austin climbed the steps. “Set it down easy.”
Once they’d lowered it to the deck, Austin put his hands on his hips and circled the case. “If it had a bow, it would make a fine boat. It’s deep
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