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Lumber Baron to leave something for you,” Brady said, and Sloane pulled an envelope from her purse.
    â€œIt’s a Williams-Sonoma gift card,” Sloane said. “We figured you’d need kitchen stuff.”
    â€œI don’t know what to say.” Dana took the envelope and seemed a little bashful about it. “Thank you. Thank you so much.” She turned to Aidan. “I’ll just measure my room and let you all visit.”
    â€œTake your time.” He watched her disappear inside the pink room and called, “You need help?”
    â€œNope. I do it all the time.” Right, real estate agent.
    Sloane fixed him with a WTF look. He shook his head as if to say not now .
    â€œWhen’s your stuff coming?” Brady asked. He clearly could take a hint better than Aidan’s brainless sister.
    â€œMy moving truck, tomorrow. The washer and dryer came about two hours ago.” Before Sue had called him back.
    â€œWhat do you plan to do with the garage?” Brady asked.
    It had been Tawny’s studio and a makeshift shop, where she sold her sample boots and seconds. It had heat, drywall, and tons of shelving.
    â€œPark my truck in it.”
    â€œAll done.” Dana came out of the bedroom and shoved the tape measure in her purse. “And again, thanks for the gift certificate. You really didn’t have to do that.”
    â€œIt’s not much,” Brady said. “If there is anything we can do, you let us know. You got a tough break there, Dana.”
    She nodded, and Aidan got the sense she was a little choked up.
    â€œYou have a key, or should I make you a copy?” he asked her.
    â€œWe keep a spare for all the rental properties in the office. I’ll make a copy of that one.” She headed to the door, cleared her throat like she wanted to say something but instead shyly slinked out.
    As soon as they heard her car pull away, Sloane said, “She’s living here . . . with you?”
    â€œIt’s a long story.” Aidan waved his sister off, not wanting to get into what a pushover he was.
    â€œWe’ve got nothing but time.” To prove her point, she sat on the floor in the middle of the living room.
    Aidan turned to Brady for support, but his soon-to-be brother-in-law motioned for him to fill them in. “She didn’t know Tawny had shown it to me and had planned to rent it while her place is being rebuilt,” Aidan said. “But I’d already signed the lease. Then I got to feeling guilty about it, so I offered to share. I didn’t think she’d actually take me up on it.”
    Sloane smirked. “You two are a little old for doing the roommate thing. Seriously, Aidan, why do you always have to be so nice?”
    â€œIt seemed unfair for me to take the only decent rental in Nugget just so I could plant my ass here a few days a week.”
    â€œIt was the right thing to do, bro.” Brady backed him up. “And I think Dana is trying to impress you with them tight jeans.”
    They weren’t any tighter than Sloane’s; they just looked a hell of a lot better on Dana. “That’s the way they wear ’em these days, Grandpa. If you don’t believe me, ask your fiancée.”
    â€œNot Dana. Every time I’ve ever seen her, she’s been in one of those dress-for-success suits with the little scarf deal tied around her neck.”
    Sloane glared at Brady. “I didn’t realize you were paying so much attention to Dana Calloway.”
    He pulled her up from the floor and kissed her. “Nah, only you, sweetness.”
    â€œMaybe you two ought to get a room,” Aidan said and rolled his eyes.
    Sloane ignored him. “You think it’ll be weird? You don’t even know her.”
    â€œIt’s just temporary until she gets her place back.” Or until one of them found a new living situation. “Why, is there something you’re not telling me about