Chapter 14
Dinner took longer than the actual rehearsal did, and between the eight adults, they finished off five bottles of wine and enough fruity cocktails to have them giggling and snickering throughout the meal. Paavo didn’t linger; the minister ate quickly and quietly, moving through dishes with a determination Lane found funnier the more he drank. When Kate had quoted the man’s terms of payment for his services, Lane thought at the time they were very low. Now he wondered if they would be able to afford all the food the minister would consume over the course of two days. He had to admit he was more than a little relieved when Paavo finally rose to leave.
As Paavo said his goodbyes, Remy stood and toasted him. “To our big kahuna,” he cried, rousing a cheer from the other patrons in
