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“I haven’t changed my mind either,” he said. “Miss Lee did as she promised. She did spend the night down there, but I guess she wasn’t paying attention to several important details.” He glanced at her. “For one thing, I’m not sure how she missed how difficult it will be to get people in and out.”
She sucked in a quick breath, and Theo kind of regretted the dig.
But how could she still think the idea of building luxury cabins was a good one?
He blew out a frustrated breath. “I think it would be a huge waste of money and time to invest supplies and services in building a bunch of cabins for people who are going to hate the entire experience once they’re here.”
“Well, hearing that, I assume the project can’t move forward,” Kennedy said with a frown.
Savannah stepped forward. “Just because Theo says no? His opinion is reallythatimportant?”
Kennedy looked surprised. “Are you downsizing the project then?”
Savannah shook her head. “What do you mean?”
“You’ll be building fewer cabins?” Kennedy asked.
“No. I’m not making any changes,” Savannah said stubbornly.
Theo just crossed his arms and waited. She was going to be really pissed in about three, two, one…
“But Theo owns just a little over half of the land you want to build on,” Kennedy said. “You won’t be able to build as many cabins if you don’t have as much land, right?”
Savannah looked at him.
“We didn’t discuss who owns the land,” Theo said to Kennedy without looking away from Savannah.
“I thought the city of Autre owned that land,” Savannah said, looking back at Kennedy.
Kennedy nodded. “We own roughly the first half that you have outlined. The half that’s closest to town. But when you get past the mile six line, it becomes private property. Theo’s specifically.”
Savannah let out a long breath. Her shoulders slumped. “I didn’t know that.”
“So if you want just a couple cabins on the Autre city side, and they agree, I suppose you can do that,” Theo said. He looked at the city council. “I still don’t think it’s a good idea.”
“Okay. Well, you both did what you said you were going to do. I guess it’s in our hands now,” Kennedy said. “We will discuss it further. But give us a few weeks,” she said to Savannah. “This is a big decision.”
Savannah nodded and gave her a forced smile. “Of course. Please let me know if you need any more information from us.”
And the meeting wrapped up just that easily.
Savannah grabbed her bag and headed for the door.
Of course, Theo was right on her heels.
“Hold up,” he said, putting a hand on the top of her car door before she could pull it open.
“I really don’t want to talk to you anymore.”
“Savannah, I’msorry.”
She turned to face him, her eyes glittering. “About shooting down my project?”
“No. About making you feel stranded that next morning.”
“I’m upset about the project now, Theo.”
Okay, she didn’t want to talk about the morning after. He blew out a frustrated breath. “You can’t be surprised that I’m still against this project.”
