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"Nice," he said. She smiled at him; it was like she almost forgot he was a pretentious ass for a minute there.

A loud clap of thunder pulled her out of that moment. She looked over to his manager. "Thank you, we got it from here," she said with curt politeness.

"Okay, if you need anything else, just let me know," she said with a smile as she turned to leave.

As she passed the big bay window in the library, she could see it was really coming down. The wind had picked up, and the trees waved back and forth. She guessed she wouldn't be showing Liam the trail this afternoon. But it had been made clear that wasn't her place anyway. Hopefully, they would all clear out soon, and things would go back to normal. She closed her office door behind her and sank into her chair. Her eyes drifted to the bag in here with her name on it, and she was starving after leaving her breakfast uneaten on the diner table this morning.

She opened the bag and peeked inside. Bless her brother. In this bag was an apple cider donut, her favorite. A turkey BLT on fresh bread, her other favorite. And some type of Kale salad, not her favorite, but she would eat it, nonetheless.

Lexi- Thanks for lunch. What do I owe you?

Josh- You owe me a cookout. Friday. My house.

Lexi- Fine. See you then.

She unwrapped her sandwich and took one delicious bite. At that moment, the lightning flashed, and a crash of thunder shook the windows. Then the power went out.

Fuck.

She hung her head and waited for the knock at her door.

Chapter4

Lexi

The loud knock came quickly. Lexi looked longingly at her sandwich and wrapped it back up. When she opened her door Jacinda stood there looking irritated.

"What happened?" she asked.

"It looks like the power went out."

"I know the power went out, stupid. But what are you doing about it?"

Woah. Lexi was no stranger to rude customers, but she would not allow herself to be abused like this.

"There is no reason for name-calling, I’m sure it will be back on soon. Just sit tight and I’ll see what I can do."

"Don't you have any back-up generators or something? We can't work without wifi."

"I'm sorry, but that is not something we have, but I’ll see what I can do," she said through her teeth.

"And we are expected to pay for a meeting room with no wifi? What kind of place is this?"

"Ma'am, I am not in charge of the weather. If you will give me a moment, I can call the power company and find out how long we are supposed to be without power."

"Fine." She turned and left.

While no one would praise Lexi for her patience, she knew how to handle people, and she definitely knew how to handle her guests. But this woman was working her last nerve. She hadn't been talked to like this since last year when a mediocre Broadway actor named Damien St. Cloud stayed with them.

She picked up her phone and called the power company. There was a message about outages and that they were working as fast as they could to restore them, but that was all the information they had at the moment. That was not the information she wanted to pass on to that woman, but unfortunately, that is all they had.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me!" She heard someone yell in the reception area. Jumping up, she headed out to see what was the matter. "What do you mean the bus won't be ready today? Do you know who Liam James is? He has a sold-out concert tomorrow. A sold-out arena. You are just going to have to figure it out. I need to talk to your supervisor.” There was a pause. “What do you mean you don't have a supervisor?" Then she pulled back and looked at her phone like it had just bitten her. "He hung up on me," she said to Lexi with a look of surprise on her face.

"Imagine that," said Lexi under her breath. "Are you going to need some rooms tonight?" Lexi asked with a phony smile.

"We.... may," she said with a grimace.

"Well, just let me know how many you need. Our chef will be back for dinner, and I'm sure we will be able to accommodate you."

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