Return to Moon Lake by Amy Gamet

Author:Amy Gamet [Gamet, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Amy Gamet

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"Well, this looks fantastic. Just like it did before, only clean and refreshed." Barbara Addario looked around the room, checking the floor at the corners and where it met the fixtures. "Greg, you’ve done a wonderful job."

An odd grumpiness was spreading through him. This was the end. He wouldn’t be in the Addario house again after today. He was suddenly very sorry they were selling the old place, and thought of Lisa. "I’m glad you like it."

"Now," she said, leaning back against the sink, "we need to talk about the kitchen."

He narrowed his eyes. "The kitchen?"

"I was speaking with my Realtor, and she seems to think it would be well worth my while to remodel the kitchen. That I should be able to get as much as a hundred and fifty percent of my investment back with the sale."

"That may be true, since the kitchen’s so old, but it’s already on the market…"

"Wonderful! Let’s do it. Lisa can help you with the design."

He immediately remembered the way he’d imagined holding Lisa against the counter, his hands in her hair holding her to him.

He shook his head to clear it.

"Mrs. Addario, I’m not prepared to take on a kitchen remodel at this time."

And certainly not with your daughter.

He didn’t trust himself when Lisa was around.

"Do you have another job you need to get to?"

"No, not until the first of the month, but…"

"Well then, it’s settled."

Greg crossed his arms. "I don’t think I’m the man for the job. I’ll get you a few names. Maybe Chuck Rogers. You can call around…"

She furrowed her brow. "I told you, I’m not comfortable with anyone except you, Greg. I’m not even living here right now. I trust you, both to do the work and to take care of this house and my daughter."

"Your daughter?"

"Well, yes. Lisa is also a factor in my decision. She needs to have someone here she can get along with."

He was beginning to smell a rat in Denmark. Would Mrs. Addario really approve of him and Lisa together? "I think I understand."

"Do you? Oh, good."

"What if I don’t take the job?"

She leaned forward and touched his arm. "Gregory, please. I’m an old woman. I don’t know how much time I have left. It’s important to me to see this project through to its rightful ending."

He looked down at her hand on his arm, the sparkly rings and the painted fingernails. He loved this woman nearly as much as his own mother, and she seemed anything but terminally ill.

She’s up to something.

He pursed his lips. "You said Lisa could help with the design."

"Oh, yes. She’s very good with anything artsy and visual. Did you know, her sculptures finaled in a state competition during high school?"

"No."

She nodded. "One of her pieces is standing in a park in downtown Albany to this day."

"And you’re pretty confident that a sculptor would make a great kitchen designer."

"Oh, definitely."

"I think I know what you’re up to."

"Trying to sell my house. Get the most bang for my buck.

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