Page 103 of Until We Weren't

Abel shrugged. “I’ll keep trying to find you replacements. Would anything else work?”

“Not really,” Faith said. “We’d have to change out the others.”

“Hmm.” Destiny took out her phone and pulled up a website. “Would you mind if we talked to your worker? I want to show him a picture.”

“Sure,” Abel replied. “I’ll be right back.”

“What are you thinking, babe?” Faith asked.

“I think Gloria came and bought the plants,” Destiny said.

“Oh, come on,” Faith said. “How would she know we’re using them?”

“As you said, they’re not uncommon. What better way to get back at us than to delay the project past its completion date?”

Faith furrowed her brow. “That seems extreme.”

Destiny stared at her and cleared her throat. “Excuse me,” she said. “Look at what she did to us three years ago.”

Before Faith could reply, the worker walked up with Abel. After a short conversation, Destiny’s theory was proven correct. Gloria had purchased the shrubs.

“That’s why there’s not any in the area,” Destiny said. “Damn! I wonder what she’s going to do with them.”

“Who cares!” Abel exclaimed. “You’re the ones that need them.”

“I have an idea,” Faith said. “Abel, can you check further away, maybe as far south as San Antonio?”

“Sure, let me make a couple of calls,” he said. “I’ll be right back.”

“We can go pick them up and still make the deadline,” Faith said.

“That’s a great idea, but when do we have time?” Destiny asked. “We’re already behind with our other accounts and we need every person at the site.”

Faith narrowed her eyes then smiled. “I know someone who will bring them to us.”

“Who?”

“Chase!” Faith exclaimed.

“You think my brother would bring us twenty yellow bells?”

“He would if I asked,” Faith said with a cocky smile. “He loves me.”

Destiny chuckled. “You’re not wrong.”

“He’d do it for you, too,” Faith said.

Abel came back and had located enough of the plants at a nursery in San Antonio. Destiny got on the phone and called Chase. He eagerly agreed to pick up the plants and drive them the hour and a half to Austin in the morning.

Once they were back in the truck and Faith had them headed towards home, she glanced at Destiny and smiled. “Look at us, solving problems,” she said.

“Together,” Destiny said, reaching for her hand.

“What are we going to do about Gloria?” Faith asked. She knew Destiny wanted revenge from the video and with this latest round of disruption, Faith was afraid it would fuel that even more.

“We’re going to keep solving the problems she throws at us,” Destiny said. “The easiest way to get revenge is to live happily ever after.”

Faith widened her eyes and stared over at Destiny. “Who are you and what did you do with my girlfriend?”

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