"Have you shown Grant the before and after pictures yet?" Marilyn teased. Her mood was suddenly upbeat."No ... and don't you dare. You'll scare the li...fe out of him. I just told him that we were a little overweight and Tory fixed all that," she gasped. Grant was smiling. I suspected he knew the whole story. Molly was too proud of her accomplishment to keep it a secret."But you," Molly said pointedly at Marilyn. "You look positively gaunt. What's with that?" Oh ... you know ... just the pressure. Even Annette... snippy, audacious, envenomed Annette... even she had taken to her immediately, and from the first moment Uncle Gaston had laid eyes on her he had done little more than smile his pleasure.Of course, the proof of Uncle Gaston's acceptance had come when he'd asked Madeleine to act as family hostess at these Friday night affairs, and he, Antoine, could barely contain his own elation... even now, as he watched her graceful movements beside his Uncle, the powerful little man holding. The incorporation paper work was almost identical as to what Mitzi had researched, plus my additional requirements. I thought it was perfect and told him to file the paperwork with the Department of Business Regulation as soon as possible.I had more questions about the valuation of my business, because his numbers seemed high. He had an explanation, though, that made sense.“A fair evaluation has to cover not only your tangible assets, but also the intangibles like good will and client base,. ’ Not by Liz; not by Jill; not by anybody.”I saw them nodding.“That said, I really am going to do my best to give this a chance,” I continued. “Liz enjoys this sort of thing and I’m not going to dismiss it without trying it. I hope she’ll do the same for the things I like that she might not.”“I will,” Liz said from the hallway. I wondered how much she had heard. I didn’t have to wonder long. “I’m not trying to manage you, Travis.”“Give us a minute, guys,” I asked the other occupants of the.