Page 83 of Love You Too

“That seems like a good thing.” I look down at Daisy to make sure all the commotion hasn’t woken her, but she’s still out cold, snuggled against me.

“Not when you see who hired him to commit arson.” Grahamnudges Jax, who hands the pages to Archer. “Unless we’re reading something wrong, the one who paid him was our dad.”

“Wait, what?” Dash asks, looking over Archer’s shoulder at the pages.

“Yup,” Graham says, pushing his hands into his pockets and finally calming down a bit.

Jax chimes in, sounding more reasonable. “That’s what it looks like. He paid someone to set fire to Buttercup Hill. Then the wind took it next door. Bottom line, it looks like Dad tried to torch this place.”

“But why? For insurance money?” I ask.

“Maybe it’s his dementia. Maybe he didn’t know,” Dash says.

The air hangs heavy around us as we try to read over Archer’s shoulder for any shred of explanation. Archer looks at the sky before throwing the pages in the air. “Fuck!” he shouts. “Like this day couldn’t get any worse.”

Almost on cue, my phone buzzes, and I walk a few paces away from my family to take the call. When I return, I share the news. “Ella Fieldstone loved the inn. She’s a yes. Her wedding is going to be at Buttercup Hill.”

Archer looks at me with a scowl, and I know the next few months are going to be very interesting.

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