Page 37 of Hers to Marry
Kat smarted. “Susie!”
“Well, it was with you. The two of you in business together seems natural.”
“The last time it seemed natural, I got taken for a ride. Remember Marcus?”
“Yeah, I remember that loser. And that was a different case. He’s different than Drew, I can sense it.”
Kat’s phone buzzed inside her back pocket. She’d gotten an alert. When her face fell, Susie leaned over her shoulder.
“You get text messages from the city?”
Kat shook her head. “No. The real estate agent who’s representing the property on Twenty-Second Street. I called him last night on a whim. Something Drew had said. It’s under contract.”
Susie hugged Kat. “Oh, Katrina, I’m so sorry. But chin up! That won’t be the only place available. A better one will open up soon. Just have faith.”
Kat needed hope before she could have faith. And hope had died with the text message.
“I wonder who bought it?” Susie asked.
Kat shot a quick message to the real estate agent who texted back the name of an investment firm. Kat’s grip on her phone tightened.
“What?” Susie asked.
She shook from anger. “Marcus bought it.”
“Marcus? I thought he left town with his tail between his legs.”
Kat shook her head. “Drew and I saw him the other day at the men’s suit store. Guess he decided to stick around.”
Another brick wall.
