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They moved to the basement of the building while he and his father crawled around in some spaces to get a better look at things. They had flashlights with them, they felt around and snapped a bunch of pictures.
He made notes and twenty minutes later they were walking back to where everyone else was on the first floor.
“Sorry I’m late,” Walker said. “My father is in court and I got behind this morning.”
“Walker was just saying that Stella was feeling a little under the weather,” Garrett said.
“Is Stella pregnant?” Grant asked. “We need to know these things.”
Gabe had heard all about how Grant and Garrett set Walker and Stella up. How they set up Royce and Chloe too. Even all of Grant and Garrett’s kids. And more couples that he heard of but didn’t know personally.
He found it all funny and couldn’t believe people were stupid enough to fall for it.
“Stella is pregnant,” Walker said. “We told all the parents last night. I figured that it’d get to Carolyn fairly fast.”
“You mean I know before my wife?” Garrett asked, puffing his chest out some.
“We love knowing things before our wives,” Grant said.
“Well, not sure you know before them or not. I think Stella told her mother she could start telling people today.”
He watched as both Grant’s and Garrett’s shoulders dropped down. It was pretty hilarious if he did say so himself.
“That means they’ve got to know,” Garrett said.
“Why don’t we check out the rest of the building,” Gabe said. He could see Elise seemed to be antsy and he wasn’t sure why.
Probably because he was here. Not much he could do about the fact he made her uncomfortable.
She did the same to him but in a completely different way he was sure.
“Royce had an emergency to take care of this morning,” Richard said. “Which is why I dragged Elise with me. You know, they own half of the business and my daughter has pointed out more than once that we vote on things and majority rules.”
“I told my father I trust him on this.”
“Now,” Richard said.
“Because the first one has been so successful,” she said, smiling. “Everyone has done a great job.”
“My daughter included,” Richard said.
Elise blushed some more. He thought he’d throw her a bone right now. “You do have more work with these builds than the rest of us so I could see where it might be concerning.”
“I can handle my job,” she said firmly.
He sighed. So much for an olive branch and complimenting her. He should have known better. “I never thought otherwise.”
“I’d be lost without Elise,” Richard said. “She does get the bulk of the work when it comes to getting the spaces ready and dealing with the renters. Then it’s on Royce and me to manage the work.”
“Roni has been a huge help,” Elise said. “I appreciate it.”
“We are glad to hear that,” Grant said. “If this goes through we’ll make sure she is available for everyone too.”
“I’m sure she’s got her own job to do,” she said.
“Roni is a go-getter. She loves doing new things. You know that. Please, don’t worry about asking her for help.”
They didn’t ask Roni to do too much other than be the go-between for the renters and any issues that might need McCarthy’s attention. Which wasn’t much. It did fall on Kennedy Construction more than anyone else.
