Page 55 of Love You
“I don’t know what to tell you.”
“The truth.” The side of his mouth slanted up in a wry half grin. “It’ll set you free.”
“It’s boring, Win.” She started to get up and in two long strides he was back at the couch, pushing her down onto the lumpy cushion.
“Forget I asked. Take a look at this house I’m thinking of buying.” He returned to the counter, got his laptop, and brought it over.
She watched as he booted it up, wondering why he was so desperate for her company. He plugged in an address and after a few clicks a picture of a log cabin came up on Google.
“What do you think?”
It was hard to tell from a photograph of only the home’s front façade. “Is that the river in the background?” She squinted at the picture.
“Yeah. The house is on River View.”
“Wow. Good location. The house looks decent but it’s not the clearest picture.”
“Reggie Brown owns it. He eats at the Morning Glory all the time. You know him?”
She shook her head. “Why does he want to sell?”
He placed the laptop on the coffee table, next to a Juicery cup and a dirty plate. “His wife died a few years ago and according to Boden, he wants to move into a retirement community. Probably somewhere warmer.”
She got that. Glory Junction’s snowy winters weren’t for everyone. “Can you afford it?” She didn’t want to come right out and ask how much the house was. It seemed crass.
He hitched his shoulders. “Dunno. It’s not officially on the market yet. I’ll have to talk to Reggie about it. You want to look at it with me if he’s willing to give me a preview?”
She loved looking at houses, so yeah. But she thought it was strange that he was asking her. TJ would be a better choice. He was a champion negotiator and like with everything else probably had a good head for real estate.
“If you think I picked up a lot of real estate knowledge working for Lewis, you’d be mistaken,” she said. “I did the books.”
Though a lot of times, Lewis had her run the comps on one of his listings. She’d gotten a pretty good feel for what a place was worth. But that was in Reno, not Glory Junction. In recent years, the prices here had gone through the roof. Nana’s little cottage was probably worth a small fortune. And TJ’s lake house . . . she could only imagine.
“I can handle that part of it,” Win said. “I just want a woman’s opinion.”
“For your new wife?” All the single women in town wished.
“Wives. Plural. I’m into that.”
She tried not to roll her eyes. “I’ll go. When are you thinking this is going to happen?”
“I’ll call him now.” Win started to go for his phone but Darcy tugged on his arm.
“It’s getting late, Win. Call him tomorrow.”
“All right. You’ll go tomorrow?” He quirked one brow. It was a challenge to keep her from working for Lewis. She couldn’t figure out why Win would even care.
“Sure. But I’m planning to work at GA tomorrow and take Thursday and Friday off.” That way she’d get a four-day weekend, though Lord knew what she’d do with herself all that time. “So make the appointment for after work. Oh wait, I’m going to book club at Hannah’s. She invited me.”Duh. Why she’d needed to add that, she didn’t know.
“Oh yeah? That’s nice, although I’ve been to one of her book shindigs and no one talks about the book. It’s mostly a drunken gossip session.”
“Really? You go?” She couldn’t see Win at a book club gathering. It didn’t seem like he could sit still that long.
“Not for the book club but to hang out with Josh and play video games. How about lunchtime if Reggie is okay with that?”
“Sounds good but I can’t be away from the phones too long.”
“Right.” Win pulled a face. “TJ will take you around back and shoot you.”
