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“Maybe. But I’m sure he prefers you over me.”
Cooper nodded. “Are we going to wake him with the chainsaws?”
“I’m pretty sure he won’t mind. Getting rid of the tree is more important than more sleep.”
“Okay. We’re on it, then.”
They headed around the house, and Sydney went back inside. A few minutes later, she heard two chainsaws going. It wouldn’t take long for them to make the tree disappear. She was halfway through the next article when Gage came out of the bedroom.
He yawned as he came into the kitchen. “The guys are here?”
“Yes.”
“Good.” He went to the sink and filled a glass with water. “How does the paper look?”
“Looks good to me. But I’d like you to go over it and give it your blessing.”
He looked at her empty pie plate. “Over some pie?”
“Sure. Unless you want lunch.”
“I think I’ll start with pie.” He nodded toward the couch. “But I’ll have it in there.”
“Go sit. Do you want some coffee with it?”
“Beer.” She raised an eyebrow, and he smiled. “I haven’t had any meds since this morning.”
“I’ll bring you a beer with your pie. Even though that’s kind of weird.”
“I’ll be on the couch.” She handed him the laptop, and he headed for the living room. After cutting him a piece of pie and taking a beer from the refrigerator, she brought both items to him.
He smiled up at her. “Thank you.” She sat in the chair and he cocked his head at her. “Come sit over here so we can go over these articles together.”
Sydney moved to the couch next to him. “Do you want me to handle the laptop while you eat?”
“Yes, please.”
She took it from his lap and opened the file that showed the layout of the front page. From there, you could click each article or photo to get a closer look.
He studied the screen for a moment while he chewed a bite of pie. “It looks good. Organized. Symmetrical.” He pointed at the story about his accident. “I don’t want that on the front page.”
“Like it or not, you getting hurt is big news. You know the rumors are probably flying already. The town needs to know their next mayor is okay and ready to take on the job in a few weeks.”
“Fine. Let me see the next page.”
“You don’t want to read the article about you?”
“No. I trust you.” He looked at her. “I can trust you, right?”
“Yes. Just enough details to satisfy everyone’s curiosity.”
“Okay. Next page then.”
They worked their way through the paper, which was only six pages long, with one page dedicated to ads. And one page for the classifieds. He seemed to be happy with it all and only made a couple of changes.
“So it’s all good?”
“Yeah. I’d say we’re ready to do the final layout on Monday and go to print.”
