dating Isabell would be a waste of time. Things were going to have to change a lot now
that someone else was going to be demanding some of his time.
“Call Miss Applegate and tell her that something has come up. And if you could, would you
send her out a…no, make that two dozen roses. Sign it the usual way.” She told him she’d do
that now. “Also, could you do me a favor and look and see what you can find on a bakery called
simply The Bakery? I’ve looked, but all I can find is that it’s under new ownership. I had no idea
there was even one there until Sunday.”
“I can do that if you’d like. Would you like me to run the owner down as well? See what I
can find there for you?” He told her that would be helpful. Riordan knew that she’d have
everything there was to be had on this shop by the time he got to the office this afternoon. “Oh,
sir, Mr. Mac was in this morning. He said he’d catch you later. I think he had something for you.
I’ve cleared you an hour with him after lunch.”
Mac wanted him? His brother was busier than he was most of the time, and was rarely in the
offices. He was the hands on kind of guy, the one that got them the businesses and helped to
calm nerves when it was evident that the business they were working for was going to have to be
closed. As consultants, it was hard to tell someone that had been in business for more years than
he’d been living that there was nothing they could do to help them.
Mac was his next younger brother by seventeen months. His real name was Cormac, named
after their grandfather who had died just before Mac had been born. Mac was a great deal like
the old man had been, or so their mother was fond of telling them. Where most people would
find sadness in closing a business, Mac, like his grandda before him, would find the brightness in
it. He was a forever optimist. Riordan liked to think of himself as a realist. It was what kept him
grounded.
Aedan was born two years later and was an Irish twin to Darcy…meaning Aedan had been
born January first the same year that Darcy had been born November thirtieth. And even though
a few months separated them, they were as close as twins in nearly everything they did. For the
company, the two of them ran point. Riordan had no idea why they called it that, but the two of
them would go in first to a business that had called for help, work the lines or whatever was
being done, and see if there was a way to help that way. Usually they could see a problem within
days.
Liam worked in the office with Riordan. He would be the good guy to his bad. And lately it
had seemed to Riordan that Liam was covering for him a great deal. Riordan’s temper had been
volatile to the point where he would skip meetings altogether rather than have everyone pissed at
him for days on end. Liam was really good at calming the members of their staff.
Their baby brother, Ennis, had decided that he wasn’t interested in becoming a part of
Harrison Consulting. When he’d entered college, he decided that the firm would get along just
fine without one more Harrison working for it, and so he had become a doctor. And from what
he’d heard from Mom, he was a hell of a doctor, too.
Riordan’s phone was ringing as soon as he pulled into his parents’ driveway. He stopped the
truck and turned it off before answering the call from Christina Smith, his secretary. She was
talking with someone else when he answered, and he tried to hold his temper. It was one of his
biggest pet peeves about people. If you call him then be ready to speak when he answered.
Christina started talking just before he was ready to hang up.
“I’ve found out about The Bakery. I had no idea where you meant until I saw the article
about it when I did a search. There’s not much about the owners themselves, but I managed to
find out a great deal about one of them. Her name is Storm Browning.” The name meant nothing
to him, and he
that someone else was going to be demanding some of his time.
“Call Miss Applegate and tell her that something has come up. And if you could, would you
send her out a…no, make that two dozen roses. Sign it the usual way.” She told him she’d do
that now. “Also, could you do me a favor and look and see what you can find on a bakery called
simply The Bakery? I’ve looked, but all I can find is that it’s under new ownership. I had no idea
there was even one there until Sunday.”
“I can do that if you’d like. Would you like me to run the owner down as well? See what I
can find there for you?” He told her that would be helpful. Riordan knew that she’d have
everything there was to be had on this shop by the time he got to the office this afternoon. “Oh,
sir, Mr. Mac was in this morning. He said he’d catch you later. I think he had something for you.
I’ve cleared you an hour with him after lunch.”
Mac wanted him? His brother was busier than he was most of the time, and was rarely in the
offices. He was the hands on kind of guy, the one that got them the businesses and helped to
calm nerves when it was evident that the business they were working for was going to have to be
closed. As consultants, it was hard to tell someone that had been in business for more years than
he’d been living that there was nothing they could do to help them.
Mac was his next younger brother by seventeen months. His real name was Cormac, named
after their grandfather who had died just before Mac had been born. Mac was a great deal like
the old man had been, or so their mother was fond of telling them. Where most people would
find sadness in closing a business, Mac, like his grandda before him, would find the brightness in
it. He was a forever optimist. Riordan liked to think of himself as a realist. It was what kept him
grounded.
Aedan was born two years later and was an Irish twin to Darcy…meaning Aedan had been
born January first the same year that Darcy had been born November thirtieth. And even though
a few months separated them, they were as close as twins in nearly everything they did. For the
company, the two of them ran point. Riordan had no idea why they called it that, but the two of
them would go in first to a business that had called for help, work the lines or whatever was
being done, and see if there was a way to help that way. Usually they could see a problem within
days.
Liam worked in the office with Riordan. He would be the good guy to his bad. And lately it
had seemed to Riordan that Liam was covering for him a great deal. Riordan’s temper had been
volatile to the point where he would skip meetings altogether rather than have everyone pissed at
him for days on end. Liam was really good at calming the members of their staff.
Their baby brother, Ennis, had decided that he wasn’t interested in becoming a part of
Harrison Consulting. When he’d entered college, he decided that the firm would get along just
fine without one more Harrison working for it, and so he had become a doctor. And from what
he’d heard from Mom, he was a hell of a doctor, too.
Riordan’s phone was ringing as soon as he pulled into his parents’ driveway. He stopped the
truck and turned it off before answering the call from Christina Smith, his secretary. She was
talking with someone else when he answered, and he tried to hold his temper. It was one of his
biggest pet peeves about people. If you call him then be ready to speak when he answered.
Christina started talking just before he was ready to hang up.
“I’ve found out about The Bakery. I had no idea where you meant until I saw the article
about it when I did a search. There’s not much about the owners themselves, but I managed to
find out a great deal about one of them. Her name is Storm Browning.” The name meant nothing
to him, and he
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