Chapter 11
A few hours later, Beth grinned when she saw the number on her phone. The icy rain was too heavy to go outside, so she settled for closing the archives room door before she answered.
“Hey there, Mark.”
“Hey Beth! I saw your email just now, fantastic! How’d you get so many people on board so fast?”
“I warned you,” she said. “It’s my irresistible charms. They let me dig into things no one else could because I make sure they enjoy every minute.”
“I understand exactly how they feel,” Mark said in a low voice. Beth smiled and closed her eyes, glad no one was there to see her. More than her face was warmer than usual. “Seriously, though, getting Art Steffens on board is huge. He probably owns several of those old pits, and the streams on his land feed right into the river. Well d
