Hope's River by McHeyzer Margaret & McHeyzer Margaret

Author:McHeyzer , Margaret & McHeyzer, Margaret
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Margaret McHeyzer
Published: 2021-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

There’s a buzz at the house today. Sure enough, May worked her magic and came through with approved plans. Charlie has rallied together a crowd of people, none of whom I know.

“Where did you find these guys?” I ask.

“I’m skilled in the art of people finding,” he says as he stands beside me and crosses his arms in front of his chest.

“How long do you think it’ll take to strip it right back?”

“With this number of people, demo should be done in a day, maybe two.”

I look around, and there has to be easily twenty people working here. “This is amazing.”

“See that guy over there?” He points to an older man wheeling debris from inside the house, down the makeshift ramp, and to the giant dumpster.

“Yeah.”

“He said his daddy helped build this place with Old Roger. And he wanted to help, so he can say to his children and grandchildren that he helped rebuild it.”

“Wow,” I say. This town is forever surprising me. “The plans are all good. Once we’ve stripped her down, then we’ll start putting her back together. The concrete trucks should be here Friday morning to pour the foundation for the extension.”

“I’m already digging the footings out. They’ll be done by tomorrow at the latest.”

“Excuse me, Charlie?” one of the young guys interrupts us.

“What is it?” Charlie says, getting down to business.

“We’ve got a problem in the back.” He looks nervous, like he’s afraid to tell us.

“What’s the problem?” I ask as the three of us head out back to see what’s happening.

There are four guys standing around looking at something.

“Ah, that tree’s roots are growing up under here.” Charlie gets into the ditch, to see that the roots have destroyed the old clay pipes running under the ground. “Part of old houses, boys,” Charlie says. The guys back away, and wait for further instruction.

“That tree is too pretty to get rid of,” I say looking up at the beautiful overhanging branches.

“I’ll get someone to come look at it, Hope. It’s not healthy; you can see that. The branches look dry and dark, and the leaves aren’t healthy and green. But, let me get someone in, and we’ll see if it’s worth keeping. If it is, you’ll have to make this bump-out smaller. We won’t be able to have the extra space come out so far.”

I look up at the tree. I’d hate for it to go, but if it’s not healthy, it’ll destroy the house if it falls. There’s still the beautiful tree out the front. “Get someone in, let’s see what they say.”

Charlie turns and gives further instructions to everyone, before hoisting himself out of the hole, and retrieving his phone from his pocket. I head inside to look at what progress is being made.

The downstairs is about half ripped down, and I can hear a lot of commotion from upstairs, so I carefully avoid getting hit by fly away materials, as I take the rickety steps up to the second level.

“Jesus,” I say. Demo upstairs is nearly done.

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