Matters to You by ME Carter

Author:ME Carter [Carter, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ME Carter
Published: 2020-11-13T00:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

Paul

The day I’ve been planning is finally here—Demo Day.

I am equal parts excited and dreading all this work. I’ve got sledgehammers, paint, and a rental dumpster outside to clear out all the trash. I also have a lot of various tools we may need, depending on what we find. That part is where the dread comes in. While the inspection before the sale went off without a hitch, you never know what will pop up when things start being dismantled. I’ve already spent a pretty penny on supplies. Fingers crossed we don’t run into any major problems that require professionals.

“I’m here!”

Kiersten races through the door, out of breath from what I presume was a run across the parking lot. “I’m sorry. I didn’t hear my alarm go off. It wasn’t until Carson jumped on me that I woke up.”

“Did you leave him at home or something?”

She laughs lightly. “My sister is in town so she’s keeping him for the day. Which makes me feel even worse about being late. I have no excuses except my body clock is all mixed up right now. I guess switching over to working nights was easier than I thought it would be.”

“Don’t worry about the time,” I say trying not to notice the white tank top she’s wearing that pulls a little too tight across her chest. It’s distracting me already and she just got here. “Coffee is fresh. We’re just waiting for the muscle to arrive so we can get started.”

She takes a deep breath and puts her hand on my arm. Like every time she touches me, it feels like a lightning current runs through my body at the contact. “Thank you. I didn’t have time to grab any on my way out. I’ll be right back.”

She heads to the office to drop off her things, just in time for Heath to approach. I didn’t even know he was here yet. Shows how much I notice things around me when Kiersten is around.

Standing next to me, facing the same direction I am, he crosses his arms, and lets out a “Hmmph.”

I don’t bother looking at him. I know what that sound means and I can see his smirk out of the corner of my eye. “You can keep your commentary to yourself.”

“I didn’t say anything about your crush on my friend.”

“You didn’t have to. Besides, we have bigger issues today. Like dismantling that stage.”

Now he looks at me. Only this time it’s with dismay. “What? I’m here for the demo, man. Where’s my sledgehammer?”

“We’ll get to it, I promise. But I kind of need to see what we’re dealing with under there first. If we find any extra issues, I need to know quickly.”

“Yeah, I hear ya.” Blowing out a breath, he moves his head side to side, cracking his neck. “Okay. Let’s do it.” Grabbing a drill, Heath takes off to start figuring out how to take the stage apart.

In less than half an hour, close to a dozen people are here and everyone has had a shot or two of caffeine.

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