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His father’s estate sat on over five hundred acres; the sprawling ranch house screa about being a grownwith his father never settled comfortably inside of Jack

One day, Jack wanted to set down roots of his own Roots he would plant firround floor He loved the open plains of Texas and hoped whomever he chose to be by his side would love the land as much as he did Then he could find his own oasis to return to instead of the never-ending hotel suites

"I’ve sent out the invitations as you requested," Sam told him

"Did you open up access for the employees to rent appropriate attire?"

"Yes" Sam nodded "The local tux rental and women’s boutique in the shop downstairs was told to allow any ee to rent an outfit for free over this weekend"

Good "Actually, Sahout the holidays" Jack thought of Jessie "I’d like the employees to use the service, and if they can’t ht be able to make it to another over the next month"

Sam’s face clouded over "Are you sure, sir? I mean, what if the clothes are ruined? It could cost the hotel quite a bit of money"

Jack huffed "Have some faith Most people care for other people’s property better than their own We’ll deal with individual issues as they come up"

"If you say so, sir"

"Please, callpart in the employee/ereide "Oh, Mr Morrison, I ood for morale Every staff person who usually wears a suit and tie is going to be wearing waiters’ uniforowns The only paid guests are those we’ve invited, all of whoht My na will say Jack, so please don’t call ht even learn a thing or two about your eht is over When was the last time you served food from the kitchen?"

"I’ve never had the pleasure" From the twisted expression on the ht

"Well then, you’ll be shocked at the pressure your waiters are under" Jack ignored Sam’s scowl Jack had held a similar party the previous year in the hotel he lived in full time The next day, the staff returned to their norues’ titles a littleJessie to She would think he was a cocktail waiter, a transient one at that, and he could wait on her for a change He thought of the single uest list, the ones he planned to point out to her Admittedly, Jack didn’t think any of the her options, she’d consider dating hi hi enough to get to know the real Jessie Sheon her insides being all soft and comfortable All he had to do was needle under her skin until she couldn’t stand it anymore

Jack stood and offered his hand to Sa the hotel on Friday Would you like us to supply a tree for your suite?"

"That would be nice Nothing too fancy Traditional red and green would be great"

"I’ll see to it, sir"