Unforgettable (The Dalton Gang #3) by Alison Kent

Author:Alison Kent
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

THE ONLY TIME Everly had been inside Casper’s house on Mulberry Street was for Faith’s parents’ thirty-fifth anniversary party. It had been a wonderful night, the place newly renovated, empty of furniture save for rented folding tables and chairs. The decorations had been simple—hurricane lanterns in bowls of aromatic cedar and mesquite, and tiny white Christmas lights strung in what had seemed like miles and miles of decorative greenery.

Now, a month later, the entire house was furnished, and all at Faith’s hand. That had Everly smiling because Faith had studied business and finance, yet Everly had always known the other woman wouldn’t be happy for long at Crow Hill’s First National Bank. This house and its gorgeous interior proved where her true talents lay. And the best part was that Faith had not only found her calling when she’d found her man, she’d found herself in the process.

Walking through the front door into the hallway that bisected the first of the three floors, Everly breathed deeply of the scents of old and new wood. “When is Architectural Digest going to feature Crow House?”

“No time soon,” Faith said, closing the front door behind her. “Nor will any other publication, though I can’t say I mind.”

“Why not?”

“Why won’t we get a magazine feature?” Faith shook her head. “We didn’t apply to register the house as a historical landmark. And we didn’t stay period authentic with the renovations. We did what we wanted. We’ll be lucky to get a mention in Texas Monthly, though Casper doesn’t want the house mentioned anywhere.”

“Why not?”

“He’s got this idea that hordes of visitors will stop by with cameras and wanting tours.”

“I can see that going over well. Casper opening his home to strangers.”

“Hey now,” said the man in question, stepping out of the library where Clay sprawled in a recliner, his dog sprawled on the floor at his feet, watching something with a lot of explosions on a big-screen TV. “Here I am, opening it to you.”

Everly bit her tongue and let Faith answer. “Everly is not a stranger and you know it.”

“Not to you maybe.”

“And not to you either,” Faith said, punching him in the shoulder before turning to Everly to add, “He’s just being grumpy because I told him he had to talk to you.”

Everly bit back a grin as she watched him rub the sting from Faith’s playful blow. “I promise it’ll be totally painless. Or at least mostly painless.”

“Well, c’mon then,” he said, gesturing with the hand around which he still wore a brace, giving his woman an eye. “Let’s sit in the kitchen. Faith says it’s not comfortable, but it’s where she keeps my food and drink, and I think I’ll be needing a hefty dose of the latter.”

“He’s not the only one,” Faith mumbled as she walked beside Everly behind him. “And don’t worry. I’m leaving. I’m taking Clay to Sheppard’s Books to stock some new titles for Kendall. And I’m taking along a bottle of the CapRock Roussanne from your housewarming gift.

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