Ford had decided to hold his stupid awards luncheon at the Anderson House instead of in the hotel’s very beautiful and spacious ballroom, Courtney would do her best to make sure his stay and the stays of his colleagues were perfect.

How may I help you this evening?” She smiled as she spoke, determined to be pleasant.Įven if Mr. Despite his giving all that pretty catering money to one of their competitors, she would still do her job-or in this case, Ramona’s-to the best of her abilities. I’m Milton Ford.”Ĭourtney thought about correcting him on her name but figured there wasn’t much point. “Hello.” He looked at the nameplate on the desk. But the meetings, the meals and all the income that flowed from them were taking place at the Anderson House. Courtney knew that for sure-she’d taken the reservation herself. Ford had arranged for the annual meeting to be held in town, and everyone was staying at the Los Lobos Hotel. Her practiced smile faltered a bit when she recognized Milton Ford, the current president of the California Organization of Organic Soap Manufacturing, aka COOOSM. He glanced around the lobby before heading directly to her. The elevator doors opened and a small, well-dressed man stepped out. Most were already up in their rooms, which was where Courtney liked the guests to spend their time at night. Late on a Tuesday evening, the lobby of the Los Lobos Hotel was quiet. Courtney could pretend to be a pretzel for five minutes. The last thing she was going to do was change anything about the chair where Ramona spent a good part of her day. From what Courtney could tell, pregnancy was a whole lot of work with an impressive dash of discomfort. Apparently, the baby had shifted and was now reclining right on her bladder. She was filling in at the concierge desk only while Ramona hurried off for yet another bathroom break. The disadvantages.well, those were probably summed up by the word freakishly.Ĭourtney Watson folded her too-long legs under her as she tried to get comfortable in a chair incredibly low to the ground. ONE OF THE advantages of being freakishly tall was easy access to those upper kitchen cabinets.

Daughters of the bride by susan mallery