I Knew You Were Trouble
the regional manager had only said half of what he intended to. H
replacement. If it belonged to someone else,
his response, "It was a custom order from one of our clients. They waited in line for over seven months, but unfortunately, just b
left it vague. Naturally, Rex assumed it was a financial issue-otherwise, after wa
er questions and picked
he strap fit perfectly, with
fastened the clasp, he casually picked up the card. A line of
ahead go smoothly
Lind
ded by the brand, Rex glanced at it brie
hat satisfied with the watch, Bern
l, also felt a weight lift off her shoulders. She glanced at Rex's wrist-some people, wit
late-night snack to calm his nerves. The past few hours, ev
reat late-night food.
s seatbelt with
and said while reversing the car, "My car arrives the day after tomorrow.
ut since Bernie hadn't bought a car in New York City, he
ed to the store. The store manager couldn't contain her excit
y ticket right now-what insane luck! Thank
eard and as
atch." The store manager took a sip of water before continuing her gossip with enthusiasm. "Second son of the Th
public girlfriend didn't nece
gossip, all of it gleaned
tch had sold so quickly and thanked the store manager sincerely, "When do you fin
time. If you don't, I'll just keep pestering you for it. We h
new Linda had just gone through a breakup. W
oking, she exchanged
and grabbed her bag. "Then w
e in the watch box. "I left a car
he hadn't seen what was written on it. She reassured Linda, "Rex read it and put
asking, "You didn't s
, "I
her coffee, Lind
inking about what gifts to get for the store manager an
peatedly in her bag,
times before sighing and
d before realizing Helen w
ur ago, her mother had asked when she'd be home, a
Grabbing a late-nig
d uncertain.
y dress, so we decided
ke your time and
other's car engine start. She instinctively checked
across all my supermarket branches. I also wanted to tweak the business model. So I spent the evening planning, only
n enjoy your meal. I
Mom. Get some res
ch, she now had fifteen stores under her belt. The largest one spanned 2,000 square meters, whi
long as Linda herself-twenty-five years.
inda handed her car
st the car door reading, tucked his b
ter confirming the destination
suddenly smacked her f
"What
ft it at Rivers
on-up, which Linda had h
sk them to set the shirt aside-s
the driver turned left t
spoke for the
, Helen got out.
outside-and spotted a deep eme
me she'd seen this
etter look at the Cullinan, using
appened to turn his head and, throu
uld s
ldn't s