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Sebastian smirked. “I usually stood back and let them fight it out.”
Knox shook his head. “It was more like you put the ornament on while we were fighting.”
“I said I was smarter,” Sebastian quipped, making the girls giggle.
Knox growled, and I couldn’t help but laugh at their banter. “I think it’s great that you got along as well as you did. I don’t come from a big family like that.”
“Stick around; you’ll get your fill. No, but seriously, when we’re together, it’s loud but so much fun,” Knox said.
A warmth spread through my chest. As a single mother, I wasn’t as involved in school as I wanted to be, and I felt isolated from the intact families. But I loved that the Monroe brothers included me. It gave me hope that my life was turning around.
Chapter 6
Knox
“It looks like you could use a break.” Talon handed me a bottle of water as I stepped back from the machine we used to wrap the trees in netting before we secured them to the roofs of the cars.
I drank the water in long gulps. “Thank you. I can’t remember the last time I ate or drank anything.”
“You need to be more mindful.”
I wiped the sweat from my brow. “Kind of like how you do when you’re working in your shop?”
“Do as I say, not as I do,” he joked as he leaned against the wall of the barn. “Seems like another busy season.”
“It’s good, even though I want to sleep for the rest of winter.”
Talon’s lip curled. “Tell me about it.”
“I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something.”
Talon dipped his head. “Go on.”
“Would it be possible to make more structures like the present you made for Sarah and Addy? I’m thinking about different holiday shapes, even larger, if possible. We could set them up on the lane, and have people walk or drive through. I did some research, and we could charge quite a bit per car. Or we could do a walk-through and offer more of an experience, serving hot chocolate and cookies, maybe even renting out bonfires. Each group could have their own campfire with seating and wood for a few hours.”
Talon shook his head. “You have been busy.”
“It was something that Ireland mentioned, and then once I saw that present you made for Addy, I couldn’t help but think it could be amazing. If word spreads, we’d get cars from all around the area driving here to see the light display.”
“Are you listening to yourself? Since when do we want more people on the property? Right now, we only have that one entrance, which also serves as the exit.”
“No one likes more people except maybe Mom, but we need additional streams of income. This one is relatively painless, and Emmett’s already planning on clearing land for a second lane. That should be ready by next season, and we could move the light display there.”
Talon raised a brow. “It’s not easy and painless for the guy making the structures.”
“Is it possible you could make a few to test?”
“I could do a few small ones and just see how it goes. I wouldn’t be able to make larger ones before Christmas.”
“I was thinking that we’d have more visitors in that week between Christmas and New Year’s. They don’t want trees, but we could give them something else. This would be for the people who aren’t willing to let go of Christmas.”
“I have to admit, I like the idea.”
“You do?” I’d been brainstorming as I talked to him and wasn’t sure how it would be received. Emmett usually shut everything down a few times before he’d even consider something. “What do you think Emmett would say?”
Talon smirked. “I think if Ireland wants it, we have a chance.”
“This would be a big project for you. I don’t want it to take you away from your commissions.”
