“I could definitely use a hot stone massage,” Olivia stated. “But the resort is getting so popular with the tourists coming in from Savannah, I’m not sure we could get in.”
With a shrug, Jade replied, “I’ll at least try.”
Melanie sat three glasses on the bar and poured their drinks. “Did you guys hear the rumor about the movie crew coming to Haven?”
Georgia was well-liked by the film industry because it was less expensive to shoot in and the scenery was simply gorgeous. Olivia wouldn’t want to live anywhere else; she just preferred the city over the small town.
“I didn’t know one was coming to Haven,” Olivia replied. “Where did you hear that?”
“When I grabbed the paper off the sidewalk this morning, I overheard your two neighbors talking.”
“Gray-haired neighbors?” Jade asked.
“Yeah.”
Olivia shot Jade a smile. “Those two are always gossiping about something. I swear, they were old and gossipy sixteen years ago when we lived here.”
“They didn’t see me, but I just heard one of them say the film crew would be here in two weeks to start scouting locations in town.”
Haven had some beautiful areas. The park, the roundabout in town with a massive clock in the center; the courthouse was also a stunning structure. Definitely the new resort and spa. Those grounds were remarkable and the home itself just screamed Southern plantation. She wasn’t sure what type of film was being shot here, but if it was an historical or a small-town love story, Haven certainly fit the bill.
“I need to get to work or I’ll never get it done.” Olivia took her glass and headed toward the back set of steps that led to the bedrooms. “Save yourselves, run now. I can’t promise there won’t be tears and throwing things.”
Jade and Melanie grabbed their drinks and followed. Apparently, her warning wasn’t necessary. She’d informed them before they came to Haven and they’d assured her they were here for her, but Olivia knew they were here for one another. It was almost as if they took turns leaning on one another. Melanie definitely had used their shoulders to cry on. And Jade, well, Jade was proud, but she’d break soon. She was dealing with some ugly things and it wouldn’t be long before she’d need them. When that time came, Olivia knew there was nowhere else she’d be but by her friend’s side.
Chapter Six
“Damn it.”
Jax wiped the grease on his already-stained jeans and stepped back from the leaking fuel drain. The rubber plug had been a bit difficult to get in, something he didn’t typically have an issue with.
“Another exhilarating day on the job?”
Jax spun around to his older cousin’s snarky comment. “Don’t you have parking tickets to write?”
Tanner Roark crossed the hangar and shrugged. “I did that yesterday. Today I’m taking a breather and letting my writing hand rest.”
Jax turned back around to the pan of fuel he’d drained. “Did you come to help with this leak or to just be a pain in my ass?”
“I can do both,” Tanner replied. “I’m excellent at multitasking. Comes with the badge.”
Tanner was an officer for Haven and was rarely seen out of uniform. Jax believed his cousin most likely wore it to keep the attention of the ladies. Tanner had always been quite the ladies’ man and didn’t make any apologies about the fact.
Quite the opposite of Jax and their other cousin, Cash. The three were not only cousins, but also best friends. Jax and Cash had gone through ugly divorces. Tanner had sworn never to get himself into such a predicament as marriage. Jax figured he was the only smart one out of the bunch.
“You want a pair of coveralls?” Jax asked.
Tanner stepped up beside him and propped his hands on his hips. “Nah. Is this Bill’s plane?”
“Yeah.”
Bill was just one of the renters who occupied a portion of one of the hangars. Oftentimes Jax would do maintenance on others’ planes to help out when he could. Now he was wishing he’d not taken this on because he was a greasy mess and he had to go to Piper’s school this afternoon for some ceremony because Piper had entered a poster contest and was about to find out she’d gotten first place.
He hoped he had time to shower and not look like a complete slob, but at the same time he needed to get this job done because Bill was planning a flight for five this evening.
Jax would find a way to make it work. He always did. His new life motto was “it will all work out” and so far everything had. Maybe not in the way he’d planned, but there was only so much he could control.
“What do you need?” Tanner asked.
“This pan needs emptying.”
“Do you want me to do that first or do you want to discuss the fact that Olivia Daniels is back in town?”
Jax swore beneath his breath and shook his head. “I’d prefer to just get this job done and ignore the locker-room gossip.”
“Too bad. Start talking.”
Since Tanner made no move to get that pan out of the way, Jax slid the cardboard beneath the mess to the side. “Livie is back. She wants to sell the airport and pretend this never existed in her life and be done with the last memory of Paul.”
Tanner let out a low whistle. “Sounds like a bind. Did you tell her about Paul or did you opt to close up and just be stubborn?”
Being stubborn might’ve been a smarter option considering when he’d opened just enough to give her a glimpse, they’d ended up kissing and he could still taste her on his lips.
Damn it. He’d tried to get that moment out of his head, but there it was again. Jax didn’t even have to concentrate and he could feel her sweet curves as she arched against him and returned his kiss. As a teen he’d dreamed of what that moment would be like,
