Once Upon a Main Street

Cute.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, I want to remember this moment

for the rest of my life.

Let me see.

- I'm sure one of these will do.

Oh, my gosh.

Can you believe I'm gonna own this building?

- They got back to you really fast.

- Well, I put in an aggressive offer.

I didn't want to lose it. I mean, it's perfect.

I mean, this location is perfect.

It's so great.

Close your eyes for a sec.

Take in that feeling.

- Your excitement? - No, that Christmas feeling,

when you feel like a kid again

and you're happy for no particular reason

and just the sight of bows

and shiny wrapping paper makes you smile.

- Oh, yeah, that is a great feeling.

And we only get it for, like,

five weeks out of the year, but not anymore.

- Your year-round Christmas shop will take care of that.

- I know. I'm so happy.

- Oh, you're gonna do great. I'm so proud of you.

Congratulations!

I have to run to work, but I'll see you tonight?

- All right. Bye.

- Oh, I'm so happy, I could dance!

- Try not to hurt anyone with all that enthusiasm.

[cell phone ringtone playing over speakers]

Hello.

Hey there.

Did you know that Christmas is just around the corner?

- - It's that time of ye--

Are you kidding me?

Hey. That's my spot.

What?

You were nowhere near this spot.

I just switched to reverse.

- Yeah, well, next time, switch faster.

- Hey, I've got an appointment to get to, lady.

- And I have the post office to get to, buddy.

Whatever. Have a nice day.

I am having a nice day.

Weirdo. Whoa!

Ow.

Hey, you okay?

Fine, thanks.

Uh-oh.

Unless you bought somebody glass jingle bells,

this pretty little gift isn't so pretty anymore.

- You're enjoying this, aren't you?

No.

Maybe a little.

There is something called instant karma, you know.

- You were nowhere near the spot.

Now, if you don't mind, I have to get another one of these.

- Maybe a little bubble wrap next time?

Whatever.

Merry Christmas.

Instant karma. What a clown.

- Oh! -

Oh, my goodness.

Maybe there is such a thing as instant karma.

Ah!

- Hey. - Hey.

- What's all this? - Contractor information.

I'm comparing reviews and star ratings.

Excited much? - Yes.

I cannot wait to get started.

You know, we can work on the interior now

and then the exterior when it warms up.

- Wait, did you close since I saw you today?

- No, but that's just a formality.

Oh, thank you so much for getting this.

I know it was my turn.

- But you could not wait to get started on renovations.

Do you have a target opening date?

- Well, I turn 35 this January, and I promised myself

I'd have my own business before then.

I'm just--I'm ready. I'm ready to do my own thing.

- To doing your own thing. Hear, hear?

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Something bad?

- I'm not--I'm not sure. The realtor wants me to stop

by his office first thing in the morning.

- You said he'd be in touch. - Yeah, but it's the wording.

He says "an urgent matter." Why wouldn't he just call me?

Hmm.

People tend to send emails when they want to avoid

getting into something over the phone, usually bad news.

Mm, although I'm sure that's not the case here.

He's just probably done for the day

and wants to pick up again tomorrow.

I'm sure there's nothing wrong.

Yeah.

Sure. What could possibly be wrong?

What? No way!

Miss Lewis, please calm down.

- You think I should be calm? You don't tell someone

they have the winning bid on a property

and then call them the next day to say,

"Oops, you might not have the property anymore."

- Well, there was another offer.

- Well, I doubt the other offer was as solid as mine.

Who is this person?

What are you doing here?

- What am I doing here? What are you doing here?

- Oh, you--you two know each other?

- Yeah, in a "she tried to run me down" kind of way.

Okay, such an exaggeration.

For the record, your jacket looked better

with a slush design.

Okay. Mr. Woodward,

you said there was something urgent with my building?

- Yes, you see-- - I'm sorry.

I can stop you right there, Mr. Woodward.

You can pump your brakes with the whole "my building" thing.

What's she talking about?

- I offered full asking, all cash.

I'd like to see you try to beat that.

- Wow, all cash, that is tough to beat.

I had to get a loan.

That's just too bad.

But I did offer over asking.

- Wait, what? Over asking?

Who does that? Who does that?

- Someone who knows there's another bid

and wants to compete.

- I'm sorry, but my duty is to the seller.

I have to get him the best deal possible.

He has your offers,

and I just need him to decide which one he wants.

On the bright side, it's a lovely building.

You both have excellent taste.

- Over asking? That's a slick move.

It sure is.

You should have seen this guy. He's so annoying.

- Mm, how do you feel about your chances?

- It's a tough call. It all depends on the seller.

If they need the money, then all cash is the way to go,

but if they're not pressed, then over asking sounds better.

- What do you know about the seller?

Nothing.

Okay, I'm checking the address,

and the building was a music store up until three years ago.

Really?

- Owned by a man named Elder Dubois.

Elder Dubois?

Sounds like he was born to write novels or something.

- Okay, there's only one Elder Dubois

in the state of Nevada, and he lives in Castle Creek.

That's, like, an hour from here.

So?

- So I'm not losing my Christmas store

to whatever ridiculous thing

this clown has planned for the building.

- It's coming down really hard out there.

- It's not that bad, and if I leave right now,

I can be home by dinnertime.

- Sounds risky. Maybe wait till morning.

It's my Christmas store.

I need to find Elder Dubois and convince him to sell to me.

Road snack.

Love you.

- Bye. - Bye.

Okay, Amelia,

this isn't the smartest thing you've done all year.

Oh, thank goodness.

No rooms?

- Up until an hour ago, we had plenty of rooms,

but everybody's pulling off the road

because of the inclement weather.