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“Mm hmm?”
“They’re scheduled to come out here tomorrow and slide the hills, but we’ve got a hiccup.”
Joy bit back a sigh. She could imagine how well Kaeden O’Shea would handle a hiccup.
“What’s the hiccup?” she asked.
“Our toilets have all backed up. It’s uh, well, the truth is it’s not pretty. We’ve got the plumber here, but we’re going to need a day or two to clean things up here before we open back up.”
Joy cringed. Yeah, she didn’t want to be there until that was all cleaned up and she could pretty much guarantee the Sutton group didn’t either. She pulled out the copy of the itinerary Kaeden had given her for their group and scanned it.
“Do you think you’ll be ready by Wednesday? I think we can switch out that activity.” They were booked to go horseback riding Wednesday, but she knew the riding stables could handle a pretty good number of people so chances were good they could fit them in tomorrow.
“Yes, ma’am. We’ll have things cleaned up by then.”
“Okay, can you go ahead and put them down for Wednesday and I’ll see if we can juggle stuff here? If we can’t do that day, I’ll get back to you to rearrange things.”
“Works for us. Thanks for understanding.”
Joy grinned. She was really tempted to tell himshit happened, but didn’t.
Now to tell Kaeden the news. She went back to the dining room and waved at him, tilting her head back toward the lobby.
She could see him tense the minute he spotted her. This was going to be fun.
It only took her a minute to summarize the situation for him, but she could see his alarm when she did.
“And what if the stables can’t take us tomorrow? Why didn’t you get me while he was still on the phone?”
Joy’s jaw dropped for a split second, but then she closed her mouth and put her hands on her hips, stepping into this idiot.
She went toe to toe, enjoying the look on his face when she did. “Then we stick with riding Wednesday and pick another day for the slide. Or we scrap the slides if that’s what you want. But I told Burt this was tentative. It’s not a big deal to call and ask the stables.”
She took a breath. “And you’re welcome, by the way.”
Now he stepped in. “You’re welcome? You’re welcome?”
“Damn Skippy.” Oh Lord, she’d just said ‘damn Skippy’ to the man. Wonderful.
He sighed and rubbed his forehead. Then he shocked the hell out of her. “I’m sorry.”
Joy stared. Well, that was unexpected. She crossed her arms. “Um, okay.”
“That was a dick move on my part. Thank you for handling it. I can call the stables.”
Joy shrugged. “I don’t mind calling if you want to finish your dinner. I know the woman who runs it.”
“We’ll call,” Bethany said from beside them, making Joy and Kaeden both jump.
Joy hadn’t seen her and Callie walk up but those two seemed to always be waiting a half step behind Kaeden.
Joy had to suppress a grin when she saw a muscle in Kaeden’s jaw tick. She could see him struggling to say yes to them.
Callie threw him her brightest smile. “It’s no problem. We can handle it.”
Kaeden relented and Joy wondered how long he would wait before he called the stables to double check their work.
“Let me know what they say when you get through, please,” was all he said and Joy felt the urge to pat him on the shoulder for taking such huge strides.
