The Inn at Holiday Bay Books 10 - 12 by Kathi Daley

Author:Kathi Daley [Daley, Kathi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kathi Daley Books
Published: 2021-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

By Friday evening, Ainsley had left, Alaric had started spending a lot of his time away from the inn chasing down leads relating to his great-grandfather’s life and death, and four new guests had checked in for the weekend. Amy had paid for her suite at the time of booking, but after all the work she’d done this week to help Georgia get ready for the Harvest Festival, I realized that I should be paying her and not charging her. I offered her a refund, which she declined, but I did insist on doing something to thank her for all her help, so we settled on a gift card for a three-week stay after the holidays when we had plenty of vacancies.

The Harvest Festival would run from noon to five on Saturday and Sunday. Jeremy had the yard, including the pumpkin patch, looking perfect. The storm that had blown in earlier in the week had blown back out, leaving a weather forecast promising plentiful sunshine. Georgia had lined up face painters for the kids and beer tasting for the adults. The band Lonnie and Colt were part of had agreed to play both days. In addition to the face painting and pumpkin patch, the local chamber of commerce had set up craft tables so children and their parents could make a keepsake to take with them at the end of their day.

Georgia and I had discussed the fact that we’d need to provide dinner for the guests who were staying at the inn shortly after the crowd from town left, so we arranged to have a late patio dinner under the stars for both the guests staying at the inn and a few close friends.

“It looks like we can expect a warm spell over the weekend, but I think I’ll get the patio heaters out and ready to go should we need them,” Jeremy said as we went over our last minute To-Do List.

“That’s a good idea. The lights you strung overhead should be adequate for dining. We’ll light candles for the tables. Georgia plans to make lasagna ahead of time, so all she’ll need to do on Saturday is stick it in the oven. She’s even going to pre-make the salads and have garlic bread ready to pop in the oven.”

“I think dinner under the stars and patio lights will make for a very cozy setting,” Jeremy said. “Do you mind if I invite Mylie?”

“Please do. She’s been helping as much as everyone else. I suppose we should give Georgia a headcount. We have plenty of tables, but she’ll need to know how much lasagna to make.”

“Lonnie, Lacy, Colt, and Tanner make four,” Jeremy said. “You, Georgia, and Nikki make seven. Mylie and I make nine, and we currently have nine guests, including Amy, which makes eighteen. Annabelle will be spending Saturday night at Hannah’s house, so we won’t have her to worry about.”

“Let’s tell Georgia to plan for twenty. We always end up inviting someone who didn’t come to mind during the first count.

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