Page 1 of Wicked Healing

Prologue

Carolina Jones lookedat the note on her desk and shook her head. What the ever-loving hell? She had people dropping like flies! She was happy for her contractor, of course, but did she really have to leave for her honeymoon during one of the busiest times the business had ever experienced?

Her phone buzzed with a text message from BB. She swiped it open and gasped. She recognized BB’s long-fingered, manicured hand, but the giant rock on her ring finger was new. Immediately she called her sister.

“Are you serious?” she demanded.

BB giggled, sounding deliriously happy. “Yeah, I guess so. I just got engaged.”

Carolina floundered. “What? I don’t understand.”

Then she thought of the last assignment she’d asked BB to take. “The welcome home guy? The SEAL?”

“Yes,” BB giggled again, sounding… amazing. Like she was relaxed and happy and had had sex. Carolina was at a loss.

“It’s only been, what? Three weeks since you met him?”

“Something like that,” her sister said, voice nonchalant. “I just wanted to let you know not to expect me to be available for anything.”

“Well, I guess not,” Carolina said, laughing. “When do we get to meet the man?”

“Um, we’ll see. Gotta run, Carolina! Love you!”

“Love you too, B.”

But she was already gone. Carolina stared at her phone incredulously, then swiped through to Weather Bug, looking to see if there was some kind of pheromone alert she hadn’t heard about. Nope, nothing. People were falling in love all around her and it was aggravating.

How the hell was she going to cover all these jobs?

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