Heavenly Honeymoon (Zoe Donovan Mysteries Book 15) Read Online Free PDF Page B

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    The tall blonde handed me a packet of paperwork. “These are just release forms and emergency contact information. If you could fill them out we’ll be all set for any activities Scooter and Alex want to participate in with the club during your stay at the resort.”
    I took a pen from the cup on the table and began to write. “Have you worked here long?” I asked.
    “Seven years.”
    “And you like what you do?”
    “I love it,” Oria gushed. “If I had to invent the perfect job this would be it. I get to live in a beautiful place where I have good friends who mean the world to me and, best of all, I get to work with kids all day. I really am in heaven.”
    The speech didn’t seem rehearsed. The woman seemed genuinely happy.
    “Do you live in Hades?” I asked as I continued to write.
    “Yes. I have an apartment just a block from the beach. It’s a two-bedroom, so I share it with my friend Leta.”
    “Does Leta also work at the resort?”
    I turned to the second page of the registration packet. There was a lot of information requested that I could only guess at, but I did the best I could.
    Oria nodded. “She works in guest services. You might have met her when you checked in. She’s short and a little plump, but she has a great smile. She usually works the registration desk.”
    “I do remember her.” I stopped writing and looked up. “She has short hair with highlights?”
    “Yeah, that’s her.”
    “She seemed friendly and welcoming. Does she love her job too?” I inquired.
    Oria shrugged. “Maybe not as much as I do, but she likes her job okay. Leta grew up on the island, so she has a certain nostalgia for the way things were before the resort was built, while I only moved here to take the job with the resort, so I don’t miss the old way of life. Still, I think she’s mainly content.”
    “How long ago was the resort built?” I asked as I continued with the paperwork.
    “It opened eighteen years ago, but they started construction several years before that.”
    “Someone told me the construction displaced some of the local families, who were forced to move from their homes to the other side of the island.”
    “Yes. Leta was only fourteen when the land the resort sits on was purchased. Her family had to move over to the east side of the island before construction got underway. Her parents were unhappy about it, but Leta said it wasn’t so bad. The house they lived in before the resort came was old and in disrepair; the house they were relocated to was brand-new and much nicer.”
    “And her parents were unhappy?” I stopped writing and looked directly at Oria.
    “The house they owned on the west side of the island was on a large piece of land. The new house was part of a housing tract. While the house itself was an upgrade, they lost the ability to raise animals and grow their own food. Which, in Leta’s opinion, was fine because animals and a garden simply represented chores to a fourteen-year-old girl. Still, I guess her parents took the move pretty hard.”
    “And Leta’s parents? Do they still live on the island?”
    “They do. They still live in the same house they were given when they were forced to move.”
    “And do they work at the resort as well?”
    “Her dad works in maintenance and her mom works in the laundry. Don’t forget to add the medical information on the back of the second page. It’s important that we know about allergies and medical limitations.”
    I looked down at the sheet where Oria was pointing. I really didn’t know the answers to many of the questions. I looked at Alex. “Do you have any allergies?”
    “No. Not that I know of.”
    I looked at Scooter. “How about you?”
    “The headmaster at school says I’m allergic to mornings and homework.”
    I smiled. “I don’t think that’s what they mean by allergies. Have either of you been in the hospital?”
    Somehow, with the kids’ help, I managed to get the form filled out. I