Page 25 of An Engagement for Erica

She sighed. “I know. I’m hoping he gets it out of his system here.”

“That’s right,” Harmony said. “You can thank Daisy for wanting the party.”

“Thank you, Daisy.”

“Hey,” Daisy said. “Anytime. Before Andrew gets here, Harmony told me that Tucker is the CEO of TCN Industries, right?”

“Yes,” she said. “Why?”

“We get a lot of our supplies through him. Not just some of the metals that I need, but Poppy gets fabrics from that division and all the bottles and jars for the plant.”

She hadn’t known that. “Okay,” she said.

“I shouldn’t say this, but Lily is unhappy with the products lately. I didn’t say you were working with Tucker. I didn’t know if I should. And I’m not sure if you can let him know that maybe he could lose some business. I did tell Lily to reach out to Tucker directly.”

“She should,” Erica said. “I can’t get in the middle right at this point unless he wants to talk to me about it. But again, it’s not what I’m being hired for.”

“I know you can’t talk about what you’re doing,” Daisy said.

“Sorry,” she said.

“I don’t want to know either. Just that it’s always been so convenient to have the supplies coming locally. But it is frustrating with us trying to get the rest of the holiday products out.”

“Again, Lily should reach out to Tucker directly. My guess is if he doesn’t know what is going on, he’ll want to. I believe he will try to rectify things.”

“Because he’s a great guy?” Harmony asked. “It’s in your voice when you talk about him. Did you know that? You’re smiling too.”

“No, I’m not,” she said, reaching her hand up. Shit, she was.

“I say he lowers your barriers,” Daisy said. “Go for it.”

“No,” she said. “This is my business. My reputation.”

“No more talk about work,” her father said when he walked out the back door with Theo. “How are you feeling, Erica?”

“If I’m going to get asked a million questions about my health, I’d rather talk about work.”

“Don’t get grouchy again,” Harmony said, putting her arm around her. “I tried to put you in a good mood prior.”

“I thought I’ve been in a good mood lately.”

“You have been. Just remember that we all care,” Daisy said.

She sighed. She knew they did.

“I feel great, Dad. Harmony probably tattles on me. I’m sure you know my diet, my work hours, and my exercise routine.”

“I know that you don’t like drinking tea,” her father said.

She looked at Harmony. She’d been busting on her sister, but maybe Harmony was doing all those things.

“It’s the only thing I told him,” Harmony said. “He wanted to make sure you weren’t overdoing the coffee.”

“I’m not,” she said. “I’m drinking water more than anything. I feel really good. The medication is probably playing a bigger part than anything.”

“I’m sure they are going to want to wean you off of some of it to test,” her father said.

“Really?”

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