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After studying the photo Morgan gave her, Olivia nodded. “We’llpost one of these right in the shop, and another in the café, where people can see his murdering face.”
“Oh, Gram.”
“We’ll make copies, Audrey, and the other merchants, they’ll post them. Let him show his face around Westridge. Let him try. Nobody fucks with my granddaughter.”
“Mom!”
“I save that word for when it’s most useful and appropriate. I expect they told you to give this to the resort.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know what else they told you, but so far, it sounds like sense. Here’s what I’m telling you. You’re going to turn in that rattletrap you’re driving and buy a new car. A new, safe, dependable car. I’m going to finance it.”
“Gram.”
“Don’t interrupt your grandmother,” Audrey told her.
“I’m going to charge you interest, and you’ll make monthly payments to me just like you would a finance company. We’ll do an amortization schedule. Your mother and I get peace of mind, and you keep your pride. Both matter.”
“I’ve been looking at used cars—”
“New.” Olivia sliced her hand again. “New, safe, dependable, and able to handle Vermont winters. I’m going to give you the name of the saleswoman I bought my last two cars from. We came to terms, and if she wants my future business, she’ll do the same for you.”
“Be smart, Morgan, and say thank you.”
“I do thank Gram. I thank both of you.” The gratitude burned in her throat, her heart, her belly. “But the fact is, I don’t know if I’ll have a job after I take this to the Jamesons.”
“Don’t buy trouble when everyone can get it for free,” Olivia advised her. “Go do what you have to do. Then you go to the dealership. I’ve got her card.”
She took out a business card folder, thick as a brick, flipped through. “Here it is. I’m going to call her, tell her what you’re after, and what I expect.”
Next she took out a checkbook. “Don’t you come home without adecent vehicle.” She made out a check to the dealership, dated, signed, left the amount blank. “We’ll work out the payments when you get home.”
“We’ll be there when you get home.” Taking Morgan’s hand, Audrey brought it to her cheek.
“We’ll be home, but we won’t be able to get in the house without the damn code. What the hell is it?”
Surprised it was in there, Morgan choked out a laugh and told her.
Even though Nina’s car wheezed on the drive to the resort, Morgan told herself not to think about cars yet. She could end up driving away from the resort unemployed, and if that happened a new car was pointless.
In the employee lot, she locked the car, headed down the walkway. Inside, the lobby boasted a fresh floral display, all spring, and she thought again how much she liked working here.
The people, the atmosphere, the energy, her responsibilities also appealed.
Now Gavin Rozwell could take it all away, take so much away again.
She might not work Mondays, but she had everyone’s schedule in her head. Nell, direct supervisor, had a meeting finalizing the menu for an upcoming wedding.
Not only did interrupting that or waiting until it finished seem pointless, but she felt she should take this issue straight to the top.
And Lydia Jameson worked in her office on Mondays.
She made her way to the office area and found Lydia’s door open, the woman behind the desk on her computer.
“Another double?”
“No, ma’am. If you have a minute?”
