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"No, I'm sure you're right. I didn't know where to go. I just guessed at this one."
She shrugged the bag onto her shoulder again. She was sweet and I liked her instantly. She was beautiful, too. She had big eyes and pouty lips and her face looked like she had work done even though she hadn't. She naturally looked the way girls tried to look when they had surgery or injections.
"I'm sure you'll love the guest houses," I assured her. "They're furnished and they're really nice. I thought Casey would have known that's where y'all were staying."
She shrugged easily and turned around. "He just brought me out here because I asked him to. He has no idea what's going on. He's busy on the phone with something for his work." She waved at me. "Sorry to bother you."
"No, it's no bother. It's nice to meet you. My dad works here. He worked here for years before when Don and Naomi lived here, and we're just moving him back in."
"Oh, okay, cool. What's your dad's name?"
"Paul," I said. "Paul Jones."
"And you are?"
"Hope," I answered.
"Hope Jones?"
I nodded and smiled at her.
"I'm Savannah. I'm Charlie's wife." She was smiling at me when she said it and I was so transfixed that I didn't understand at first.
"You're Ch-charlie's wife? I thought you were Casey's wife. You look like Casey."
She laughed out loud when I said that. "You're not the first person who has told us that. Me and Charlie are opposites attract, I guess." She shrugged. "He constructs buildings and I jump off of them."
"You jump off of buildings?" I asked, looking stunned.
She grinned at me and shrugged. "Not usually. But I do jump off of things—other things, cliffs and bridges and stuff."
My eyes widened, and she put her hand out to calm me down.
"I use a parachute, though, and it's all really safe."
"Really safe?" I asked with comical hesitancy, causing her to smile.
"It's a calculated risk."
"Are you an adrenaline junkie?" I asked.
She nodded at me without smiling. "That's a complete understatement." Her face broke into a grin and she waved at me as she continued walking back toward Casey.
"It was nice to meet you, Hope Jones."
"Nice meeting you, too," I said.
