Anothernod.
Thiswas something Anthony could work with. His shoulders lifted. “What have you done to advertise therental?”
“Just stuck a yard sign in the grass. But I was thinking that I could post a few flyers on the telephone poles along thestreet.”
Anthony shook his head, containing a chuckle in his throat. “Don’t do that. We had a big issue come up with Trent when he came into town—the sheriff. We can’t staple anything to thosepoles.”
“Oh, that reminds me! I’m supposed to shoot baby pictures of the sheriff’s daughter today at eleven. Ican’tforgetthat.”
“No, you won’t.” He wouldn’t let her. “Is the rental ready for someone to movein?”
Kira shrugged. “I haven’t been insideyet.”
Anthony felt his eyeswiden.
“Don’t judge me,” she said with a laugh. “I’ve had a million things going on. And in my defense, I thought I had until May to worry about payments. I’ve been focusing on thestudio.”
Anthony wiped the judgment off his face in a flash and glanced at the clocks once more. “Here’s what we’re going to do. We have a little less than five hours before your sitting. I’ll let Howie take over for me. I’ll grab a few supplies from the shed and meet you at your place. We’ll make a list of what needs to be done. You can tell Jessie and Trent—when they show up at the studio—about the availability; they have great connections and can help spread the word. And by that point, we should know how close we are to having it ready.”There.He felt a thousand pounds lightersuddenly.
“Really?” Kira asked through a teary-eyedgrin.
“Of course,” he assured. “We’ve got this.” Lingering false-alarm chemicals streamed through his system, attempting to further disrupt the peace that was already seeping into him; it would work. Catastrophe avoided. There’d been nothing to panic about after all. What he feared most was Kira having a change of heart. But late payments, finding tenants, and fixing up rentals? Those things Anthony could fix justfine.
He hated that he’d been so quick to crumble. Perhaps he would get better at this having-a-little-faiththing as time went on. He could only hope. After all, if he and Kira were going to make things work, they’d likely face a few bumps in theroad.
