Hunting Her by Kelly Lucille

Author:Kelly Lucille [Lucille, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-05-22T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Douglas and Beatrice Bruce were funny. Xena had not expected that when Logan described the quality of the work they did in restoration. All business and sticklers were what Xena was expecting. Not a jean and t-shirt duo of husband and wife that seemed to think arguing was a form of foreplay. .

"Really, for a 106 year old farm house, it has been left intact remarkably well," the woman Beatrice said. A small woman with a braid of fiery auburn hair down her back and sharp blue eyes, she looked over the woodwork in the formal dining room, or at least what would be the formal dining room again.

Chair rails, peeling wallpaper, and scratched up and pitted wood floors. Xena had to wonder if the woman was seeing the same thing she was.

"Minor water damage on this floor," the woman continued to speak, mostly to herself Xena figured, since she did not seem to be waiting for a reaction. "That's to be expected in a home that was left vacant for as long as this one has been." Then she turned those sharp blue eyes on Xena. "I can send you some swatches and samples of paint colors and fabric choices, a few wallpaper possibilities that are more modern but reflect this style." She looked Xena up and down, not in an insulting way, more assessing. "Mr. McCord has not given an indication of how far he would like us to go beyond the restoration. But even if we are not also decorating the home, we are finishing the walls, so no sense in you having to paint over white when we can just as easily paint in the color you want to end up with. And if we are doing the design as well, Traditional farmhouse can go in many directions, and mixing some modern with the traditional design will help with resale, if that ever becomes an issue."

"I'm not sure resale is a consideration in this case," Xena said thinking about it. "I get the feeling Logan wants to make a home to his own specifications and not what some anonymous buyer would want."

"His specifications and yours," Beatrice said with an amused spark in her eyes. "I get the feeling Mr. McCord would be fine with whatever we do to the house, as long as you are in it when it’s finished. So, what I'm asking is what you would like in the finished product, and if you have an idea of colors or theme, that I could send along for the two of you to choose or approve."

Xena raised a brow at the woman. "It's Logan's house, not mine."

Now Beatrice tilted her head and moved her full concentration from the wood panels, to Xena. She was silent for a moment, as if she was thinking of how much to say, and then Xena watched her shrug and knew she was just going to say it and damn the consequences.

"I know Mr. McCord bought this property more than two years ago," she started mildly enough, though the information was a surprise to Xena.

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