Page 111 of Love Is Brewing

There was silence on the other end.

“I don’t want to cause more problems. I just want a fence up but now can’t because of that shed.”

“I’m going to pass you to my paralegal to get some information if you’d like us to help. A letter will state that you reached out on that date and what the next steps are. Normally once someone gets a legal letter, they comply. But I understand it could be uncomfortable.”

“It can and will,” Lori said. “I thought of moving, but they’d have to move the shed for that too.”

“Then there is your answer. It needs to be done regardless,” she said.

“Thanks,” Lori said. “I appreciate it. Elias is a lucky guy to be with you.”

She rolled her eyes. “I’ll be sure to tell him that,” she said and laughed.

Why did it always have to come back to her relationship?

So much for thinking she got the business on her own.

It was probably someone else who just knew who she was dating.

35

ENCOURAGING VOICE

“What do you mean the water pressure is nonexistent?” Elias asked the following Monday.

He was barely dressed. Shit, he’d only fastened his pants and didn’t have a shirt on yet when his phone rang.

Early morning calls were never good.

“I’m sorry,” Kyle said. “I stayed last night to make sure everything was in great shape for Ben and Mason today. I know you’re coming in early.”

“Yeah,” he said, “And you thought nothing of the water?”

“We aren’t running much water at night,” Kyle argued. “We aren’t making anything then.”

He knew that and didn’t know why he was taking it out on Kyle other than he was pissed off.

He put his phone down and hit the speaker button and then grabbed his shirt to pull it over his head.

“The city isn’t even open yet for me to call the water department,” he said.

Of all the rotten luck.

“I don’t think it’s a city problem,” Kyle said. “The water is running fine in other parts of the plant but not in the brewery. The toilets are flushing and faucets are fine.”

Which meant someone was probably tampering with something.

Here he thought things were going great.

On Friday, Fierce Fifth Kid hit the markets with a bang and celebrations were all around.

Elias was flying high in his career and his personal life.

He was happy to report no problems at the plant, but on the day Mason and Ben were supposed to arrive, something happened.

The joke was going to be on them though because of the damn cameras that he paid an arm and a leg for.

“Did you find a leak anywhere?” he asked. He hoped to hell not. What a mess.

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