“Filed a report this morning. He’s issuing a warrant for her arrest on charges of malicious mischief. We won’t actually press charges if she gives us the damned password.”

The poor guy seemed exhausted, stressed out and frustrated, but who could blame him? Like he didn’t have enough to deal with without a spiteful ex-employee tampering with his business.

“I hope you’re also withholding her final paycheck,” Jenny said.

“Haven’t done that yet, but you’re absolutely right. I’ll call the payroll company and get that done. Thanks for the reminder.”

Jenny didn’t know him at all, but she suspected the computer situation was about to take him over the edge. “While Adam does his thing, maybe you could show me around and give me a sense of the routine so I can get to it as soon as we have access to the computer again.”

“You’re going to work here, Jenny?” Adam asked, his gaze never wandering from the computer terminal.

“I’m helping out until things settle down.”

“And we’re extremely grateful for the help,” Paul said. “Come on, I’ll give you the tour and introduce you to some of the employees.”

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

After a truly wonderful and relaxing afternoon with her new fiancé, Kara brought the launch to a smooth landing at the dock. She wasn’t at all surprised to see her sister sitting on the bench where customers waited for a ride to their boats.

Fortified by her time with Dan and the things he’d said to her when he proposed, Kara busied herself tying up the boat and shutting down the engine, all the while pretending that Kelly wasn’t watching her every move. A petite blonde, Kelly had always attracted lots of male attention. Kara, who’d felt like an amazon next to her younger sister, realized Kelly no longer had the power to hurt her. At some point over the last two years—well, mostly since she met and fell in love with Dan—she’d moved past what’d had happened with Kelly and Matt.

She wished she was a more forgiving person, but some things couldn’t be forgiven. The last time she saw her sister, nearly two years ago now, they’d had a screaming fight and both had said things that could never be taken back. Not that Kara regretted a word of what she’d said that day. Nor did she regret the two years that had passed since then with nary a word between them. She had no earthly idea what her sister was trying to accomplish by showing up like this and thinking she could force Kara to deal with her and her husband.

“I’m right here,” Dan said quietly, his hand warm on her back.