Honey and the Hitman by Hannah Murray

Author:Hannah Murray [Murray, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

When Ethan showed up for work Monday morning, he learned firsthand just how fast word traveled in small towns. Since the Meyers addition was finished, and to rave reviews, Jacob asked the crew to meet him at a house on Market Street on the south edge of town.

“He must be crazy,” Seth muttered. “This place is a dump.”

They were standing on the brown and ragged patch of lawn, sipping coffee and staring at the frame house. Ethan thought ‘dump’ might be putting too fine a spin on it. “I was thinking House of the Undead. Worst case scenario, we can keep it as is, add a few zombies, and charge five bucks a head at Halloween,” he said, and Seth laughed.

David, standing on the other side of Seth, grunted his agreement. “Good thing I’m up to date on my tetanus shot,” he muttered. “No way we’re going to get through there without hitting a rusty nail or two.”

“What the hell is Jacob thinking?” Seth wondered.

David shrugged and sipped his coffee. “Fix it up, sell it.”

“A flip?” Seth’s tone was appalled. “Seriously? We don’t do flips.”

“It’s a seller’s market,” David pointed out. “Easy to make a profit if he can get it cheap enough.”

Seth eyed the house with its sagging roof and peeling wooden siding—most of which was either rotten or missing. “I don’t think free would be cheap enough.”

Ethan pursed his lips. “I don’t know. It could be charming.”

“Dude, the whole house is leaning.” Seth shifted his body to illustrate. “That’s foundation issues, framing. Probably rot.”

“I’m not saying it’d be easy,” Ethan countered. “But the potential is there.”

“You’re crazy, too.” Seth sighed. “I can’t believe I’m here looking at this house of horrors when I could be in bed with my woman.”

Ethan grinned. “She’ll be there when you get back, won’t she?”

“No.” Seth’s face drooped almost comically. “It’s her day off, but she’s taking my mom and hers back to Lansing to see the dress she liked.”

“Yeah, Abby’s pissed she can’t go,” David told them. “They’re going to video chat from the store so she can see what it looks like.”

“Cheer up.” Ethan tilted his head as he looked at the house. He thought some of the gingerbread trim might be salvageable. “She’ll probably come home in a great mood.”

Seth sighed. “I hope so. This wedding isn’t for another seven months and I’m already sick of it.”

David winced. “For God’s sake, don’t tell her that.”

“I’m not that dumb,” Seth shot back. “I wish Honey could’ve gone with them. The moms tend to behave better if there’s someone else there.”

“Why didn’t she go?” David wanted to know.

“She has a class at the community center,” Ethan answered absently. The whole front porch would have to come down, and the roof was a total loss, but he liked the bones of the place. He turned to David to ask what he thought about the gingerbread and found the other man staring at him. “What?”

“Since when do you know Honey’s class schedule?”

“Since he

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