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“Chase, you’re seriously so talented.” Erin runs her hand lovingly over the top of the bar that I’ve just finished for her. “If the police thing doesn’t work out, you can make a good living making things like this.”
“It’s always good to have something to fall back on,” I reply with a grin. “I’m glad you like it. Send me a list of the other things you need to have done before the wedding.”
“It’s in two weeks,” she reminds me, and just saying that out loud has worry filling her eyes. “And I need something big.”
“How big?”
“Well, I’d like a stage.”
I stare at her, shuffling my feet. “You want a stage? How big?”
“Big enough for a band?” She bites her lip. “We’ve hired a band for the reception, and I know that my uncle Leo and Sidney will want to sing. I can’t have all of that in the grass.”
“Hold on.” I shake my head and let out a laugh. “You’re telling me that Leo fucking Nash is going to sing at your reception?”
“He’s my uncle.”
“He’s a freaking superstar.”
“He’s my uncle,” she stresses. “And he and my mom usually sing something together. Now we have Sidney in the family, too, so she’ll want in on the action. You don’t understand. This is what we do at family gatherings.”
“Leo performs at your family gatherings?”
“Yes.”
I shake my head in disbelief. “Okay, well, that actually sounds awesome, but I can’t build something like that in two weeks, sweetheart. You’re going to have to rent it.”
“I was afraid of that,” she says. “Okay, I can rent it. I just thought it would be nice to have something permanent out here that we can use for future events.”
“We can discuss that later.” I grin at her. “I know that my brothers geeked out about who your dad is, and don’t get me wrong, I loved watching him play ball when I was a kid, but the fact that Leo Nash is going to sing at my brother’s wedding is kind of mind-blowing.”
“He’s a lot of fun,” she says with a grin. “And he takes requests.”
“He and your mom sing together?”
“Sure. They used to be in a band together, long before Nash was famous, but then Mom went to nursing school, and Leo went off to be rich and famous. They grew up as siblings. They were in foster homes together.”
I tip my head, listening raptly. “That’s fascinating.”
“We have all kinds of interesting stories in our family.” She laughs and pushes her hand through her hair. “Okay, I’ll get that list to you, but there isn’t much left to do. Oh, and I went ahead and hired Charlie Lexington.”
I quirk a brow at that. “Really? How did you manage that?”
“I told Remington and your father to get over themselves and to let me have this so I didn’t go insane, and they stopped grumbling about it.”
I laugh and reach over to pat her on the shoulder. “You’re good for this family.”
“Damn right, I am. Now, tell me, how are things with Summer? It’s all over town that you two went on a date.”
“Yeah, two weeks ago.” I rub the back of my neck as I scowl. I haven’t seen in her two fucking weeks, and it’s driving me nuts. “We’ve been too busy to see each other since. I’ve been working a lot of night shifts and helping out here at the ranch, and life is crazy, you know?”
“Did the date not go well?” Erin frowns at me.
“It was great. I’m crazy about her. I’ve been sending her lunch every day. All the delivery kids in town are going to college on what I tip them.”
“You send her lunch?” Her face goes all gooey. “That’s so romantic.”
“It would be more romantic if I could just see her myself.”
