Chapter 17

“Do you have everything?” asked Xander.

“I think so,” I replied.

The kitchen was mostly done and mostly clean. We had two bedrooms painted and ready, the house was starting to take shape. We had decided that there was enough done for us to move into parts of the house. The main corridors were done, not all painted but at least primed.

We had one room that we could install the TV in. It would not be our long-term living-room, but it was feasible.

Xander’s...