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Deacon chuckled "She’s pissed because she knows I’ to show you the work I’ve done on the ballet studio"

"But ould she care about that?"

"Because I’ her wait to see it until it’s finished You know, to be a surprise"

I couldn’t help s the studio for Willow, but for wanting the finished product to be a surprise Our shoes crunched down the gravel path "Any idea when Willow ht be able to return to school?"

Deacon shook his head When he didn’t say anything else, I sighed "You want to get rid of this job already?" he asked

"You know that I love working with Willow I just worry about her"

With true concern etched on his face, Deacon questioned, "You think I’ her here?"

"No She’s perfectly safe and happy here I just hate that she doesn’t have involvement with other children"

He scratched the stubble on his jaw "Maybe I can get Ki her kids over ot a granddaughter close to her age, too"

"I think that would be a great idea"

Deacon o on ahead of hiot inside, Willow sat at the kitchen table with her arms crossed and a scowl on her face

"Hey, thundercloud face, you’re going to make it rain in here," I said with a smile

"I wanna see the studio"

"And you hen it’s totally finished," Deacon replied as he opened the basement door for ress," Beth said

Knowing that now Ma to see the studiosmile and said we’d be back up soon I stepped carefully on the worn boards of the stairs Frohtening But when I reached the bottoasped in surprise

While the baseth of the house, Deacon had worked to clear out the far end Mirrors ran the length of the far wall, and a new tile floor had been placed down I don’t kno he had known to get the kind like I’d had at the dance studio New lights had been put up so that it didn’t appear so dark and foreboding, and the walls closest to the studio space were painted pink Willoish had been granted with a barre

"So what do you think?" Deacon asked

Gazing around the roo You thought of everything" Turning to him, I asked, "You really did all this yourself?"

With a wink, he replied, "I’ve told you before I’m a man of many talents"

Beth chuckled "What he means to say is that we have a few electricians and contractors in the club who helped him"