"You're limiting your business by opening here.You won't get any customers for most of the year."
"That hasn't been the case."In fact, people seemed to enjoy coming here as an escape from their everyday lives, and most people loved Christmas.
Inside the hotel, I led the way to the restaurant, and the hostess seated us by the windows.I didn't want to be here with my mom.I didn't want to listen to her criticisms of my choices.I'd get through this lunch and not see her again for a while.
Maverick: Do you need to be rescued?
I shook my head.Hopefully, he wasn't upset that my mother was on his construction site.
Belle: That's an attractive offer, but I can handle her.
"Put your phone away," Mom chided.
I never failed to feel like a kid again when I was around my mother.I just hoped her interest in my life had been fulfilled, and she'd move onto something else.
