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havoc on her hair. Jackie thought about seeing Grant
Williams the day before and couldn’t believe he didn’t remember
her. Not only had they been in several classes together in high
school, he was the one that caused her last hair quandary, when he
poured honey all over her head at a football game. It was at least
a decade ago, but she’d never forgotten how long it took to get the
honey out of her hair.
    Grant was a bit of trouble in high school,
and she tried to steer clear or him and his bad-boy reputation, but
she’d always thought he was good-looking. All these years later his
looks were no exception. Grant had grown better looking with time.
He kept a day’s worth of stubble on his face, and could knock her
off her feet in a flash with his quick-wit and handsome smile. She
hated that the one time she saw him, she was covered in paint.
She’d obviously not left much of an impression in high school,
although she hoped she was a lot more attractive now than when she
wore inch-thick Coke-bottle glasses. When she first started wearing
contacts, no one knew who she was.
    Jackie turned her attention back to Colin.
“I came by to see if you can you come up to the house I’m working
on with some students tomorrow afternoon? I need an extra hand.”
Jackie asked Colin. She sat down on a stool at one of the shop
tables near Colin’s desk. She had a soda in her hand and set it
down on the table.
    “I wish I could help, but tomorrow is not a
good day. My parent’s are coming into town and I have to go to
Denver and pick them up at the airport. I’ve got a substitute
coming in and we’ll actually be out-of-pocket for a few days.”
Colin shuffled some papers around and opened up his grading
book.
    “Well, I might have to hold off on this
project then. I need someone that has a lot more experience
building a TV unit.” Jackie pulled her strawberry blonde hair into
a bun and slid a pencil through to hold it in place. She lifted her
soda up and took a drink out of the straw.
    “What about Grant Williams?”
    Jackie almost choked. She placed her drink
on the desk and coughed a few times.
    “You okay?” Colin asked. He paused for a
moment. “You know who he is don’t you? He’s that television
personality that has the building show, ‘30-Minutes Or Less.’ I bet
he can build you a TV unit in thirty minutes.”
    Jackie coughed a couple more times. “Yeah, I
know who he is. I don’t think he really built things in thirty
minutes, though. I’ve never watched the show, but I’m sure they
just made it look that way. But he—”
    “You’ve never watched the show? I watch it
all the time. Great show,” Colin said, with a voice of
disbelief.
    “Nope. Never watched it,” Jackie had heard
about Grant all over town. She’d even seen his pictures splashed on
the cover of tabloid magazines. Grant was the big hero in Snowy
Creek. In fact, because she was a builder, people asked her all the
time if she watched the show. Over and over she’d hear people say
how much she could learn from Grant Williams. ‘Just watch the show.
You’ll learn how to do your job,’ people would say all the time.
Jackie couldn’t help but get tired of the comments.
    Colin interrupted her thoughts. “Besides,
the students would love to meet him. Maybe it would encourage them
to work a little harder when they see what job possibilities are
out there.”
    “I can see I don’t have a choice in this,”
Jackie said, taking another sip of her soda. She smiled at Colin.
“I guess I’d better ask. The client wants to know when the TV unit
will be completed.”
    “ Go ask in thirty minutes
or less,” Colin said, laughing. He winked at Jackie.
    “Ha ha,” Jackie said. “I’m on my way.” She
grabbed her drink, and headed toward the hardware store.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 2
     
    “Hey Gary,” Jackie said, walking up to the
counter at the hardware store.
    “Hi Jackie,” Gary said. He put some nails on
the counter and