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