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Savannah grinned "I’ll bet I knohich room," she said "Aunt Mae always referred to it as her honeyest roo isn’t finished, but I painted it yesterday"

"Oh, I’d love to," Donna said, following her upstairs

At the door of the freshly painted green room with its white antique iron bed, she turned to Savannah with a glea to be beautiful" She moved to thethat faced the mountains "And the view is fabulous I wonder if I could convince my husband to sneak off here for a weekend sometime"

Savannah heard the wistfulness in her voice and considered it thoughtfully "You know, it etaway special for locals People get so used to living in a place like this, they forget that the tourists who come here see it entirely differently"

"And it seems silly to spend money to stay just a few miles from home," Donna said enthusiastically "But if it were a special promotion, I’ll bet you’d be jammed with reservations There’s no better way to build word of uests here It could fill in the slack once ski season dies down"

"I’hted by the whole idea "And for giving me the idea, your stay will be free"

"Absolutely not," Donna protested "That’s no way to start a business"

"Sure it is You’ll tell everyone you kno fabulous it is, so when I offer the promotion, it will be sold out in minutes"

As they walked back downstairs, Donna regarded Savannah with open curiosity "So, what’s the story with you and Trace Franklin? I’ nosy, but everybody in town rele man ns his own co?"

Savannah felt a now-familiar flush creep into her cheeks "Only a few days," she admitted

"My, my," Donna teased, "you work fast! I know a lot of woet to know hiave any of theht he couldn’t take his eyes off you, and, if anything, he’s watching you even ht"

"We’re just--"

"If you say you’re just friends, I’ll lose all respect for you," Donna teased "Any woht to have her head exa aboutup beside Savannah and slipping an arm around her waist

Savannah felt her face heat another ten degrees "We were talking about--" she frantically searched her brain for a suitably attractive, sexy bachelor "Kevin Costner"