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A few guests wandered down froet to the pond or the tree farm A lot of questions about the hockey player and his whereabouts And I understood that People liked celebrities

The kids brought Baby Girl back and settled into the sewing room Baby Girl stayed with me, much to Chelsea’s disappointment

So about pastries that were apparently supposed to be sitting on the front desk and I was

“Good le Inn How can I help you?”

The front door swung open letting in a blast of cold air and a woman in a camel cashmere coat and a pair of fabulous Ji in Goose pi in here

Whoever this woman was, she was a boss And I liked it She reminded me of Marsha, the dance captain But this kind of woether,” they kind of ot flustered and a little sweaty and ended up oversharing It was a whole thing

“Is Matt Kringle staying there?” asked the person on the phone

“I’ive out that kind of personal information,” I said “But if you’d like to rent a—”

The person on the other end of the phone hung up and so did I

Boss Lady stopped at the desk, sizing me up I’d pulled a little piece of holly off a decoration and tucked it into ht it looked festive

“Hi,” she said

“Oh, hi Welcole Inn Do you have a reservation?”

“I’le,” she announced

“Oh, well then, you’re probably related to the owner” And to Ethan Was this his sister? “So like that And you are?”

“I’ to mention that Ethan and I hadn’t talked about it but itsweat bead on my forehead, which should have been i cold in here despite the nice fire roaring away in the fireplace “Ethan’s wife for right now I cauys are in a bind and needed ”

Ugh TMI, Lexie TMI

“I’m sorry, so you’re not a supermodel here to see Matt?”

“Oh, that’s so sweet Not a superirl, actually”

Baby Girl barked fro She could get like that sometimes, in a new place “What is that?” Kristen asked

“Not a what A who This is Baby Girl” I picked her up fro and then dropped several loud kisses on top of her sweet head “Aren’t you, irl? Yes, you are”

Baby Girl barked at Kristen Strange Maybe it was a thing with Ethan’s whole fa

“I need coffee I need, like, serious aht now”