Chapter 282: The Folks Arrive

By 6:30 that evening, the construction work had stopped, and the compound blissfully returned to its normal serenity. Jackie breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they had enough rooms for the guests who would be arriving the following day.

Seated with the family on the back deck, she gazed around the table and caught Scott’s eye. He gave her a quick wink and returned his focus to her father, who was in the middle of a fishing story. The pair had hit it off from the moment her parents had arrived that afternoon.

Of course, the elder Walkers had insisted on seeing the fire damage first-hand, and although saddened at the losses the compound had sustained, they’d been impressed with the amount of work that had already been done to restore the place to better than before. They’d taken a tour of the entire property and Jackie felt that her parents seemed pleased about the direction the business was taking.