Breakout Play by Rebel Hart

Author:Rebel Hart [Hart, Rebel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amore Publishing
Published: 2020-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

The Renwick house was already looking less like a crash site and more like its normal self when I pulled into the driveway at six o’clock in the evening on Saturday. Liz’s car was gone, but she herself was standing in the front lawn talking to a man in dark blue coveralls. I assumed he was one of the contractors working on the house.

The construction on the living room wall was well underway. The outside of the structure was almost entirely complete and drywall would be put up tomorrow afternoon. When I got out of my car, Liz nodded and smiled at me. I went up the drive and stepped inside, not wanting to bother her, and found Keith in the living room staring at the wall, which was packed tightly with insulation. The newly fitted window was dusty and covered in fingerprints.

I closed the front door and Keith looked up at me.

“Hey, man,” he said. “How’d it go?”

“Good,” I said rather sheepishly. Then I grinned. “I bought a place.”

“Really?” Keith’s eyes widened in surprise. “Just like that? It’s yours? Isn’t there a waiting process once you make an offer?”

I wasn’t going to tell him I threw enough money at the sellers to make sure they didn’t say no. Instead I shrugged and slid my hands into my jean pockets. “I got lucky, I guess.”

“No shit.”

“How are things here?” I asked.

Keith ran a hand down his face wearily. “All right. I mean, Mom is handling this like a champ. I don’t know where it all came from. I think she just wants all this handled and back to normal before Dad gets home, you know?”

“Makes sense.”

“She and I are going to head to the hospital once she finishes up with the contractor. Going to bring him something to eat. I think the hospital food is already getting to him and Mom wants to bring him some real food. Want to come along?”

“I was planning to visit him tomorrow. You guys go. Tell him I said hi.”

“Sure,” Keith said. “When the dust settles we should go out and celebrate your new purchase. Grab a bite to eat and go to Dickie’s or something?”

“Sure.”

Liz came through the front door. She kicked off her shoes and shrugged out of her cardigan, which she draped on the hook behind her. Then she clapped her hands together. “Okay, Keith. I’m going to throw your father’s dinner together in a to-go bag and then I’m ready to head out. Hi William. Are you coming with us?”

“Hi,” I said. “Not tonight. I’ll go visit tomorrow.”

“Sounds good,” she said. Then she was off toward the kitchen. Keith was right. She was firing on all cylinders. I suspected when Roger got home and all went back to normal she would sleep for a good three days to recover. She deserved it. Hell. At this point it felt like we all deserved it. Shopping for a house this morning had felt a little… self indulgent. Carrying on with life like

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