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cherry floors, wall coverings in muted shades, tapestries with intricate designs, and sculptures rich in detail. The house was formal and elegant, and he knew without asking that this wasn’t Catherine’s doing.
    He left his bag in the kitchen while Catherine showed him the maid’s rooms. Walking through two dingy rooms and a tiny bathroom, he asked, “What do you want done in here?”
    “I want it to look as much like his bedroom upstairs as possible.”
    “Okay, let’s go look upstairs.”
    She’d taken off her sunglasses. Her bright green eyes were bloodshot and unadorned with makeup. Either she hadn’t put any on or she’d cried it all off. Freckles sprinkled her cute little nose. With a little effort, she could be a knockout, but she didn’t seem to care about her appearance. Maybe she was too upset about her father to care.
    Catherine led the way upstairs and groaned. “I forgot to put the furniture back.” She grabbed the armoire and pulled on it.
    “Hey, I’ll do that. Where does it go?”
    She pointed and he moved it.
    “The bed goes under the painting. He had some stupid woman in here, and she moved everything. I stopped her before she started painting.”
    He turned to look at her. “Painting what?”
    “She wanted to paint the foyer yellow and red, and the dining room hot pink. Does that sound like his style?”
    Tony chuckled. “She sounds almost as bad as this woman in Gig Harbor. Two dinner dates and she thought she owned me. Crazy woman even drugged my dog. That’s why Nick and Cara sent me to California. They wanted to get me out of town while the police looked for her. Nick was afraid she’d hurt my mother, but the cops have her locked up now.”
    “This woman my father brought home drugged him, which undoubtedly caused him to fall down the stairs and break his caboose. His leg twisted and broke in three places, and at his age, it might never be the same.” She looked up at Tony. “Is your dog all right?”
    “Yeah, he’s fine. I brought him with me to Cara’s estate. The staff there feeds him anything he wants, brushes him, and plays ball with him. He loves it.”
    Catherine picked up the lamps while Tony moved the bed and nightstands. When he finished, she stripped the sheets off the bed. “What do you think, Tony? Can you turn those rooms downstairs into something that resembles this?”
    He examined the bathroom and closet. “There isn’t this much space downstairs. I can open those two rooms into one big room, increase the size of the bathroom, and put in a small closet. Can you leave some of his clothes up here?” Her father’s closet was filled with business suits and ties and dress shirts, things he wouldn’t need while he recuperated.
    “Sure. He’ll need a wheelchair, so I want the doors on the bedroom and bathroom widened. The rest of the downstairs is fairly open, and the French doors open out to the terrace and pool. The only bottleneck will be in those rooms.”
    The work sounded easy enough, and looking at the woman, he decided the friend part could be interesting.
    Tony moved as gracefully as a big cat, inspecting the rooms, and Catherine couldn’t take her eyes off him. His face and body seemed to have been sculpted by the hands of a master artist, and he had the most incredible smile. The fireman was a great looking man, but nothing like this dreamy guy. Tall, dark, and handsome didn’t do him justice. He could pose for the cover of a romance novel. If his personality matched his looks and he agreed to do the show, she’d found her first bachelor for Blind Love .
    “Your room is right there, Tony.” Catherine pointed to one of the guest rooms.
    “Make yourself comfortable while I fix lunch, and then we’ll talk about the renovations.” She carried the dirty sheets down to the laundry room and started the washer. Since the maid quit, she’d have to take care of the housekeeping chores herself. Another thing to add to her growing list of things to