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“Yeah,” I snapped “My point is it should be Matt”

“He’s doing press or so—”

“I don’t care,” I snapped

“Yeah,” Paul said with a laugh “I can see that Coet this done”

I didn’t like Paul being reasonable while I was being unreasonable so I shut ed the hose from the barn to the pump

The water pump that we had to use was about seven million years old and it took at least four hands to make it work Paul screwed the hose onto the attachloved hands over the et it to ht to pull it up Paul helped and after a fewpretty easily I uncoiled the hose and walked it over to the pond, to spray water all over the ice so it would freeze nice and clean for another day of skating tomorrow

Paul came over and stood next to me

“That’s good ice,” he said, and I laughed,

“How are you doing with all of this?” I asked “I knohen you were hired we never expected to be fighting so hard to keep the place alive”

“It’s a place worth saving,” Paul said

“How are you getting on with my sister? I know she can be…prickly”

“I like prickly wo in his voice made me look over at him

“Are you and my sister…?” I shook my head “Never mind I don’t want to know But just maybe, watch your nipples”

“She can do whatever she wants to my nipples”

Well, would you look at that Paul would seem to have it bad for my sister I wondered for a second how that would work She had a whole life in NYC and Paul was absolutely not an NYC kind of guy

But that was none of my business

But I couldn’t help being jealous The girl I wanted was living in my house The other day I went into the bathroo over my towel rack This was not sustainable

“Lexie’s working out,” Paul said and I nodded She orking wonders at the front desk Managing all the guests and the all the visitors that caic She was doing this whole thing with the kids, too, that Dad said wasparents extremely happy

She’d added fancy cheese to the afternoon cocktail hour

“It would be awesome if she would stay But that’s her decision,” Paul said, and my shit mood came back