Chapter 19Nicole
Well, if this isn’t the longest day in the history of the world.
Nicole looked up, not sure if she’d said it out loud. But Jesse’s face was as blank as it had been, so she figured not. Either that or the darn woman was ignoring her again.
It truly had been a long day. First, Velinda had insisted that Nicole rise with the chickens, literally—she’d heard a rooster from somewhere crowing its head off—then she gave her assignment after assignment till Nicole thought she’d have preferred dealing with the mob. At least things would have been over with more quickly. But no, instead she was being subjected to slow torture.
She could still hear Velinda: “Nicky, after you finish makin’ sure every cabin is fully stocked with toiletries and linens and toilet paper and that all the
