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Assu it ever showed a profit

She shook her head “You have to eat and pay for a place to live while you’re in town Besides, how can you trust that I’ll ever get around to paying you if you let me decide when I can spare it?”

“I won’t starve or have to sleep in my truck if you wait to pay me I know you’ll pay me eventually I trust you”

Sarah’s insides warmed at his clai that they’d known each other er than a day He had no more reason to trust her than she did him But she wouldn’t let him ithout pay

She would pay hireed to the day before when she’d hired him

If she reached the point where she couldn’t pay him, she wouldn’t let him work She didn’t and wouldn’t take handouts

Her father and aunt raised her to be a giver, not a taker

As much as Bodie er than a day, they hadn’t This was the beginning a business relationship, nothing more, and she’d do well to remember that

A week had passed A week in which Bodie worked at Haet hi that he didn’t have anything else to do and wanted to get the job done He showed up early in the

Sarah had gotten used to coone with him to pick out tile and supplies for the showers She’d selected toilets, ht fixtures, and vanities that had an antique look to theone behind her, picking up needed supplies to install her choices, and had estions—when she’d asked his advice

His knowledge and insight impressed her as much as his efficiency and howand insulation for sound reduction and hung sheetrock in the two bathroo the bedrooether the night before Sarah had painted the baseboard tri, the doors and their trireat care to protect the tile and fixtures

Sarah liked Bodie’s attention to detail A lot

Harry met her at the door each day, probably because she continued to bring food ho Not the juicy cheeseburgers Lou had sent that first day, though Her cholesterol levels would’ve put up a protest

She’d started stopping by the grocery store and picking up iteood practice, since she needed to come up with a few staple recipes to use when the bed and breakfast opened Bodie was fun to cook for, and she enjoyed watching hiht, she planned to keep their s on h

er agenda