Walker: What does that mean?
Connor: The last decorator showed up late for her interview, and they got stuck there together. I talked to them both, and at that point, the worst of the storm hadn’t hit, but she was staying put.
Walker: Oh, right. That’s why he sent us her entire presentation this morning. He failed to mention that part. All he sent were the pics of her ideas.
Connor: That was all that mattered, I guess. I didn’t even think about the storm either.
Slater: Is she hot? Is that why he waited until this morning to send us the info? Lol! You know it had to be wild there last night with them trapped at the lodge together!
Walker: Crap. Don’t say that. We don’t need him messing around with the decorator we just hired. Why don’t we have an HR department yet? I have a feeling we’re going to need one!
Connor: Everyone calm down. I had a video chat with the two of them yesterday to put Maisie’s mind at ease. I don’t think anything inappropriate is going on, so relax. Axel wouldn’t do anything to endanger our reputation.
Double crap…
Walker: I hope you’re right. The last thing we need is to have a reputation of being the kind of owners who sleep with their employees.
Milo: Technically, Maisie’s not an employee. She’s one of the contractors. It wouldn’t be a great look for us, but definitely not as bad as if she worked for us.
Slater: We all need to stop jumping to conclusions and focus on whether Axel and the resort are safe.
Slater: Milo, is there any way to tell if there’s damage from your end?
Milo: No. I just can see that the generator’s on.
Milo: The cameras are all blurry because of the rain. Hang on. Let me check the feed from earlier.
Walker: Maybe instead of chatting we should try to actually call Axel.
Connor: You just said that it’s possible the cell tower’s down. If we don’t hear from him soon, we can call. I think we’re all just letting our imaginations run away with us.
Walker: Maybe.
Walker: Milo? Anything?
Milo: It looks like Axel moved a bunch of stuff from the lodge down to his cabin after Maisie left.
Connor: Anything after that?
Milo: She came back an hour later, but then the feed got blurry because the rain started again.
At that point, Axel knew he’d read enough. And before anyone called and he had to have a conversation out loud in front of Maisie, he joined the text chain.
Axel: Hey, I’m here! Sorry. I had my phone muted.
Axel: I haven’t done a walk-through of the property because it’s been wild here.
Axel: Tons of branches and debris in the main parking lot, and some flooding around from what I can see. But the lodge was fine all night, and so far the cabins are okay. Except for the power.
Axel: Maisie came back because the 87 is blocked with downed trees.
Axel: She left and had to turn around and come back. We’re in my cabin because I didn’t want to keep running the generator up at the lodge.
Milo: A generator is a generator no matter which one you’re using. It was probably safer for the two of you to stay up there. Our cabins haven’t been fully rehabbed yet.
Walker: That’s a good point. Any chance you can get back up to the lodge?
Axel: It’s storming very hard right now. There’s more of a risk of us getting hurt trying to haul everything back up there. I cleaned out the fridge and freezers up there and brought it all down here. We’re staying put.
