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you mean by that?”
     
    “Well do you know if Julian is going to be anywhere in your vicinity at the time?”
     
    “No of course not. The only place we might remotely see each other is at the house party for that new family this weekend, on Saturday I think. They moved to Sunnyvale about a week ago. The Sanderson’s or something like that.”
     
    Yolanda jumped up and danced around the table with a cry of delight “Molly, that is the key! That is exactly what you need. Tell Ethan you can’t make it tonight, lots of work, dead on your feet, can’t breathe, only one lung functioning, yadda, yadda, yadda…you know what I mean. And then we will arrange for you to visit the party this Saturday and this time you are going to make an impression on that man.”
     
    “On Ethan? I think he is already impressed”
     
    Yolanda’s look of horror was a balm to Molly’s soul. “Molly, please do not insult my intelligence. All of this work is not and I repeat not for this Ethan chap. This is strictly for Julian. It is time to see if your efforts are worth pursuing any longer, or if you need to leave this man once and for all. Now get up, we still have a few minutes before your clients start to arrive and we need to plan. Move girl!”
     
    ~~~
     
    Julian and Ethan met in the gazebo of the Templeton estate, to discuss the rules of the competition and set the starting date for the Monday after the Sanderson’s party.
     
    “It is customary for us all to go to the event and welcome the new family, so I shall be there with Valeria and of course you and your entire team are welcome. It will be a nice place to formally announce the competition and give the rules to the participants. Does that sound good to you?”
     
    Ethan’s blue eyes lit up at Julian’s invitation “But of course it does. I think it is an excellent opportunity to get to know the people a bit better, as the competition will take a couple of days and we could also tell them that you have arranged to hold it on the Templeton grounds. I am certain that they would love to hear it.”
     
    Julian grimaced “Yes I agree but I haven’t told my father yet, so I guess I better get started on that, which will probably be the most difficult part of the whole thing.”
     
    Ethan raised his brows “Better you than I is all I have to say about that. Oh and one more thing…I will bring a date of my own if that is all right. She is a beautiful girl from right here in your community.”
     
    Julian inclined his head with a slight smile “That was fast. May I inquire as to who your date will be?”
     
    Ethan nodded with delight “Absolutely. Her name is Molly and she is the head cook, and only cook for that matter, at the Daffodil Inn, the place where we ate when we arrived. What a beautiful woman she is. I am hoping to convince her that we should go steady if she is willing to move over to my neck of the woods. Do you know her well?”
     
    Julian could not recall the last time he felt as though the rug had been pulled from under his feet, but this was one of them. As his face froze into stony silence, Ethan laughed rather uncomfortably and made a hasty goodbye.
     
    Julian did not care if he got run over by a truck, as long as he never saw him again. Unaccustomed to the strong emotion that he couldn’t put a name to, he paced the stony ground kicking at the rocks with his shoes. The beauty of the surroundings made no impression upon him as his entire outlook became dark and gloomy. Molly had a boyfriend? Well that certainly didn’t take long especially after everyone insisted she was crazy about him. Perhaps he should ask her himself. That was a better plan. Ask her and warn her about strange men who were only passing through. It was clear she had no idea what she was doing. He decided to deal with his father in the evening. At the moment he needed to see Molly.
     
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    Ethan dropped by the Inn’s kitchen for an unannounced visit and Molly did her best to