“Or desperate,” Rhys pointed out.
“I called Josh this afternoon,” Ethan said.“Johann was in Perth, and Darren can’t be tied to it as yet.Now we have this Leyton in the mix.”
Maybe Darren would be stupid enough to return, particularly if Johann was still paying him to cause trouble.
“I dropped by Darren’s when I went to the shops to ask if he’d got the money together that he owes Sabine,” Ethan continued.“He said he’d have it by Monday.”
“How did he seem?”Chelsea asked.
“Annoyed, but not anxious.”
Interesting.Wouldn’t most people be anxious about having to find almost fifty grand within a week?
“What are Chelsea, Connor, and I supposed to do?”Mila asked.
“Stay here where it’s safe,” Dobby said.“Watch a movie.Go to bed.There’s no point staying awake all night.”
Chelsea frowned.“If it’s safe here, why is Connor staying?”
“Backup and comms,” Ethan said.
“I hate the idea you’re out protecting me while I sleep comfortably in my bed.”Sure, they were trained for this kind of thing, but it still felt wrong.
“Truth is, these two are rather protective of you two.”Rhys gestured to Dobby and Ethan and then herself and Mila.“If it’s Darren like we think it is, he won’t stand a chance against us, but Connor is just in case.”
“Plan B.”Mila raised her eyebrows at Dobby.
He grinned.“Exactly.”
“And if Connor is here with you, Dobby and I can focus on the job without worrying about you,” Ethan added.“He’ll monitor the cameras and tell us if there’s any movement.”
He made a good point.“All right.”
Conversation turned to what needed to be done tomorrow in the garden.
“Won’t you be too tired after staying up all night?”Chelsea asked.
Dobby grinned and Mila said, “They don’t need to sleep.”She rolled her eyes.“It’s a special forces and egotistical man thing.”
All the men made sounds of protest, as if they were wounded.
A smile hovered on her lips as Chelsea retrieved her list of notes.“In that case, I’d like to get the garden beds around the cottages replanted before we get too many guests, so they feel more welcoming, and we need to finish fixing the sprinklers.”
“Where’s the nearest nursery?”Heath asked.
“Pinjarra, which is about twenty minutes away.”
“You and Mila can pick out plants tomorrow while we work on the sprinklers,” Ethan said.
It felt as if she was leaving all the hard work to them.
“I’m game.”Mila grinned.“I could do with a break from weeding.”
Chelsea smiled.“All right.”She checked her list.“Then it’s more pruning and weeding in the public garden and taping off the Japanese garden, so no one gets hurt.”It had been one of the draw cards to the garden, so she’d have to get it fixed soon.“If I can replant some of the garden beds there and figure out why the harbour lake is dry and fix it, that should bring people back to the garden.It was always a gold coin donation for entry, but it might help.”Plus the rain next week would help green up the lawn.
“I can check the lake,” Noah said, looking at Ethan.“I did some work building dams before the army.”
“That’d be great.”
