Page 111 of Break My Heart
‘Lucky for you, my cousins own a construction company.’
‘They live in Chicago. They’re not going to come up here for a job.’
‘Nash is going to be living here for a few months. He can do it.’
‘He doesn’t have time. He’s fixing up that house for your parents.’
‘The house can wait. And I don’t think repairing this place will take as long as you think. Nash works fast and he has relationships with suppliers. He can get stuff quickly. And if Nash’s brothers come up and help on the weekends, the work will be done even faster.’
‘But—’
‘Just let me ask him. If he says no, we’ll figure something else out.’
As I’m telling her that, two trucks pull up behind me. It’s Nash’s truck and my dad’s. They get out of the trucks, along with my mom, Callie, Nick, and Lyndsay.
‘Holy shit,’ Nash says, looking at the mess in the parking lot.
Lyndsay gasps. ‘How could someone do this?’
My mom races over to Gina, hugging her. ‘Oh, honey, are you okay?’
‘I’m fine. I wasn’t here when it happened.’ She pulls back. ‘What are you all doing here?’
‘Matt came by the orchard and told us what happened,’ Nick says.
My dad shakes his head. ‘We don’t allow this kind of behavior in Haydon Falls. It isn’t right.’
‘Do the police know who did it?’ Callie asks.
‘It was Tom,’ I say, looking at my dad. ‘You better never hire him again.’
‘You know I wouldn’t. I had no idea he was capable of this.’
‘It wasn’t just him going after G’s,’ I say. ‘I found out Wade was the one putting all that stuff online. He thought G’s was taking too much of our business so he tried to convince people not to go here.’
‘You know they’re friends, right?’ Nick says.
‘Who?’
‘Tom and Wade. I’ve seen them around town together and Wade was hanging out with Tom at the print shop when I went there to pick up an order.’
‘They must’ve planned this together,’ I say, shaking my head. ‘They were always talking at the bar, but I didn’t know they’d become friends. I can’t believe I trusted Wade and the whole time he was doing this behind my back.’
‘You guys didn’t have to come all the way here,’ Gina says. ‘It was really nice of you, but you can go. I need to get to work cleaning this up.’
‘You will do no such thing,’ Mom says, putting her arm around Gina. ‘All this can wait until tomorrow. You come back with us and relax, then later we’ll have a nice dinner and you can get a good night’s sleep in the guest room.’
‘Martha, I’m fine. Really.’
‘C’mon,’ Callie says, smiling at Gina. ‘It’ll be fun. You can help Lyndsay and me make cookies. They’re for the daycare kids who are coming to the orchard on Monday.’
‘Yeah, you should join us,’ Lyndsay says. ‘And when we’re done, we can watch Callie try on her wedding dress for the millionth time.’ She smiles at Callie.
‘Hey! I only do that because I’m pregnant. I have to make sure it still fits.’
‘I know.’ She laughs. ‘I’m just kidding you, but you have to admit you like trying it on.’
Nash puts his arm around Callie and kisses her head. ‘It’s okay that you’re excited about the wedding. I am too.’
