Last Resort (The Grayton Series Book 1) Read Online Free

work and let her rest.” He patted her hand.  
    Cassey sank back on her pillows and listened to her brothers start to argue again.
    “ Suits me,” Marcus said, smiling. “More donuts for us.” He turned to go.  
    “ Donuts?” Cassey sat up again. “There wouldn’t happen to be a raspberry-filled one in there?”  
    “ Two,” Marcus said, holding out a box from her favorite bakery, which was only a few doors down.  
    “ I’m up…if you have—” She didn’t even finish before Cole held out a tray of four cups of coffee.  
    “ You three are saints,” she said, moving slowly as she got out of bed. Every muscle in her body ached. Cole handed her a double-chocolate-chip Frappuccino and she took a sip and smiled. Then Marcus handed her a jelly-filled donut and her life was complete.  
    They sat out on the patio table as they ate their fatty breakfast and talked about the plans for the day. She knew her brothers would be there for her until the job was done. And they would work just as hard as she would, which made her love them even more.
     
     
    By the end of three weeks, the place looked spotless. There had been a couple problems, but with help from her brothers and a few contractors they’d hired, everything had smoothed out.
    The place had passed inspection with flying colors, and she now had her liquor license hanging behind the bar in a silver frame.
    Opening day was less than two days away and still her brothers stuck by her side. She had most of her staff hired and was still training a few of them. The food and liquor had been delivered and Cole had helped out immensely in the kitchen, working with the staff she’d hired to make sure there were appetizing items on the menu that the customers would enjoy. They had even set up several tables and chairs out front for customers to sit at during the day. After all, Boardwalk Bar & Grill, or the BBnG as she liked to call it, would be open for lunch and dinner.
    She stood back and watched the sign being lowered on to the front of the building. The letters of “Boardwalk” were in yellow, and “Bar & Grill” sat below it in white. The sign would glow at night, showing off the crisp letters.
    She had smaller signs from some of her vendors posted in the new front windows. Awnings hung over the three large windows to shield customers from the hot sun as they dined out front in the gated areas. There were tall palm trees out front, which created shade, too.
    Cole had suggested she hang planters on the large wood posts of the boardwalk, which closed in her patio area. Marcus had worked for three days to build the small boxes, which she filled with brightly colored tropical flowers.
    The place looked wonderful, better than even she had envisioned. They’d painted the outside a dark teal blue with white around the windowsill and doorways, giving the old place a brand new look.
    She watched as her brothers walked out the front doors. They looked good together. An image of watching them walk out of the Grayton house together that first time played in her mind. They looked the same, but different. Now they were all well over six foot. Their bodies and faces were different from one another, yet they were brothers in every sense. They would stick together through anything. Cassey smiled at them as they approached her.
    “ The place looks good,” Marcus said, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. “Can you believe it? You’re a business owner.”  
    “ I always thought that Roman would be the only entrepreneur,” Cole said, throwing an arm around his brother and rubbing his shorter hair.  
    “ Knock it off,” Roman said, pushing Cole away.  
    “ What needs to be done now?” Marcus asked, looking down at her. If she didn’t think of them all as her brothers, she would swoon over the attention they gave her, but she’d never felt that pull towards any of them.  
    “ Fliers.” She smiled at them. “Opening day is two days away and we need to hit the