Alanna and I will be doing the green room and Kerry and Evangeline are in the gray room.”Garret looked over Larissa’s chart, nodding as she showed him her plan, the smell of fresh paint filling his nostrils. “Looks like we’ll get done by today if all goes well,” he said. The panic that had gripped him since he made his rash promise to Pete was slowly easing with each day of progress. “I still can’t believe you got all this done so quickly and with minimal interference to our other guests.”Larissa nodded, her head down, but to Garret’s surprise he saw a flush working its way up her neck. Was she embarrassed by his praise?“It took a bit of organizing, but your family has been a great help.” She looked up at him then and her smile dove into his soul. “And thanks for helping as well.”Her hair was held back by a paint-speckled bandanna and smudges of paint decorated her cheek and the oversize shirt she wore over her clothes. And still she looked beautiful.“Hey, I’ve got a vested interest in turning this place around.
