5
Brianna showed up mid-morning, while Rollo was trying to answer another email from Cornelia. He dropped it with deep relief.
As he opened the door, he grinned at Brianna so happily that she looked startled. "What's up with you?"
"Nothing. Ready for a break, that's all."
She glanced around the front yard, her eyes all lit up. A blue bandanna held back her bright hair and she had a smudge of dirt on her cheek. "I love this house, I can't believe I get to work on it. Seriously, you don't even have to pay me."
"Of course I'm going to pay you," he grumbled. "Don't be ridiculous."
As far as he knew, Brianna didn't know he was "Money" Wareham because he never talked about that part of his life. But he would never not pay someone for their work. His mother used to pull crap like that; if a
