Christmas Scavenger Hunt

Allison, before you go,

I can't find the Skylark property brochures.

Oh. I put them in the cabinet.

Oh. It's right here.

Thank you.

By the way, thank you for letting me leave early today.

Uh, actually--

Oh. Did you change your mind?

No.

Your Christmas gift.

Belinda--

The Nutcracker?

For you and your mom.

I don't know what to say. I mean, you're so busy

and you have to order these so far in advance.

Stop. You make time when it's important.

Thank you. Enjoy the show.

Do you have any plans for the holidays?

I'm actually going home.

How many years has it been?

Too many.

But my oldest and dearest friend is about to get married,

and she wants to introduce me to her fiancé.

Which reminds me, I'm having dinner tonight with Logan

after my 4:00.

Well, at least the florist will have some time off

while you're away.

Yeah, and also, Logan's assistant,

'cause we both know he's the one that's ordering them.

Well, I should get going, but thank you again.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Belinda, I'm glad I caught you before your next meeting.

What's up?

I just got off the phone with Caleb Foster.

Now, it turns out he's got his heart set

on a particular piece of property

in your hometown of Deerfield.

He wants to build some new luxury condos there.

I'd keep that under wraps.

Condos in Deerfield?

I can't imagine that's going to go over well.

Exactly.

And acquiring this property is essential to our firm

keeping our biggest client.

I don't have to tell you how important that is.

I understand.

Now, I've arranged for you to meet with the local realtor

when you get there. Um, Something Coggins.

Tim?

Tim. That's it.

You know him? It's a small town.

He was the main realtor even when I lived there.

That's why you're perfect for this.

Now, I'll send the documents as soon as I get them together.

And Belinda, it would be ideal if you could close this

before the end of the year.

I'm on it. Good.

That way I can tell Foster how our newest junior partner

closed the deal.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Did he actually use those words? "Junior partner"?

Well, it's not official,

and I haven't seen any of the paperwork yet

or the property.

Details.

You know the local realtor. It should be an easy close.

There's no such thing.

Do you realize what this means?

With your promotion and the deal I've been working on

for the past three months, this will be great for us.

Except we'll be even busier than we already are.

We'll juggle it.

Anyway, Merry Christmas.

Shouldn't I wait until Christmas

to open this?

Yeah, that's the thing.

What? No, no, no. Come on.

This is the first time I'm going home in forever.

I want you to see where I grew up.

I want you with me. Meet Faith and her fiancé and--

Slow down.

I'm not saying I'll miss Christmas.

Just right now, I can't fly out with you tomorrow.

I'm do my best to get there. All right?

Promise?

Absolutely.

Besides, it sounds like

you got some important work to do,

so maybe it's for the best.

Maybe.

So?

Aren't you going to open it?

It's beautiful.

Wait. Who are they?

Yeah. That photo came inside the locket.

I couldn't find one of us together in time.

Sorry.

It's lovely,

and you still have a few days until Christmas

to find the perfect picture of us.

Okay.

There you go, Mrs. Reynolds,

but I'd definitely get that oil checked.

Mrs. Reynolds: Perfect. Thanks, Dustin.

Do my eyes deceive me?

Is this an optical illusion?

Good to see you, Dustin.

Really?

'Cause just the way you said that,

I don't think that's fully truthful.

Come on. It's been years since all that.

Well, for what it's worth, it's nice to see you, too, Bel.

Uh, I saw the scavenger hunt sign on the way in.

That's a blast from the past.

Yeah. Well, you know how we are in Deerfield.

We're crazy about our Christmas traditions.

Yes, you are.

Wait. Is that--

Is that why you came here, for the scavenger hunt? No.

I'm, uh, here for work. Busy.

Oh. Oh, you came back for work?

Yeah. Yep. And Faith. Uh, Faith is engaged,

so she wants me to approve the fiancé.

Yes. I heard some rumblings

in the old gossip mill about that.

How about you?

How about me what?

Uh-- Am I engaged?

Uh, nope. No, I'm not engaged. I-- I'm seeing someone.

A guy. His name is Logan.

Coming out here soon, so that's good.

How about you?

No. I came close, though.

Just didn't get around to saying the whole "I do" part.

Still breaking promises, I see.

I deserved that.

Yeah, you did. Did she?

You know, I think you'd be glad to know

that it was a mutual breakup.

Oh, a mutual split. Lucky her.

So, you guys talked about it, then, together?

Discussed it? That's nice.

All right. Well, I'm going to get going. This has been great.

But, uh,

got a bit of a drive to go see my dad, so-- Oh. Tell your dad

I'm going to come by soon and fix that pipe for him.

Okay.

See you in another 10 years.

Bye, Dustin.

There's my girl.

Hey!

Mmm.

Hi, Dad.

I'm happy you're here, kiddo.

Yeah.

It's been too long

since we had Christmas in this old house, huh?

Oh, come on. Christmas in the city

at my apartment is not all bad, is it?

No. As long as I'm with my little girl, all is well.

Hey, where's Logan? Is he getting your luggage?

Uh, no. He's not coming.

Oh, you dumped him? I don't blame you.

Listen. That guy is so rude, last Christmas Eve

he took a call right in the middle of dinner. That's--

I remember. No, I didn't dump him.

Oh, okay. He's taking a later flight.

Are you hungry? I'm starving.

All right. Let me help you out there. Thank you.

I got a new rib recipe. And you sit down right there.

My goodness. And enjoy.

Enjoy, enjoy.

I love all the Christmas decorations.

You did a really good job.

Thank you. Well, you know,

your mom used to go all out for Christmas,

so I thought I better bring my A-game if you're coming home. Yeah.

And what was it she used to say?

"You got to celebrate life." Right?

Well, we're celebrating here, so that's a good start, right?

Yeah, we are.

I ran into Dustin on Bridges Road.

He said he's going to stop by to fix your pipes.

Dustin?

Oh, that's right.

You guys were in love, right?

I remember that. Oh, you went away to college

and then said, "Bye."

He broke my heart.

Is that right?

Yes. He was supposed to come with me

and then he changed his mind last minute.

That punk. You know this.

Merry Christmas. I'm glad you're here.

'Morning.

Hey. 'Morning, sunshine. How did you sleep?

Ah. Best I've slept in a while, actually.

Oh, good, good.