CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
“Look at you guys,” Emily exclaimed, as Marnie, Lois, Vanessa, Parker, Alec and Matthew emerged into the living room in their formal attire.
Each of them was working at the ball tonight, and it felt so wonderful for Emily to have them all reunited again. The inn had felt so empty without her staff around. They looked stunning, with the boys dressed up in black tie and the girls in white satin ball gowns.
“I have some exciting news,” Emily told them all. “The inn is fully booked from next April onwards. So I’m going to be able to recuperate you your lost earnings this month. I’m really sorry for the stress it must have caused you guys not knowing what was going on.”
She handed them each a silver envelope. Inside each was a paycheck covering their December earnings, pl
