The Body from the Past (A Jazzi Zanders Mystery Book 5) by Judi Lynn

Author:Judi Lynn [Lynn, Judi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2020-09-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

They finished gutting the half bath before lunch. When Jazzi took out deli sandwiches again, Jerod looked disappointed.

“Sorry,” she said. “We’ve been working on the basement every night.”

He nodded. “Hey, you feed me. I can’t complain.”

Ansel snorted. “When did that ever stop you?” He tossed a scrap of roast beef to George.

“Hey, I understand about working days and nights,” Jerod said, defending himself. “You guys have been beating yourselves up to get the basement finished on time for the party. What still needs to get done?”

“We’ve painted and laid the tile,” Ansel said. “Once we put up trim, we can start furnishing it.”

“Does that mean a pool table might be down there for the Sunday family meal?”

Ansel sounded as excited as her cousin. “We’ve already picked it out. All I have to do is call for them to deliver it.”

Jazzi half-listened to them go into raptures about a pinball machine and an enormous TV. She thought about installing the trim. They could do the baseboard tonight when they got home and the ceiling trim tomorrow, but she was quitting in time to make sloppy joes for lunch tomorrow. Jerod was right. She was getting really tired of deli sandwiches.

Ansel broke into her thoughts. “What do you think? Should I call and have everything delivered on Thursday? That way, the guys can help me set it up.”

“Why not? Then you can test them out.” Like she could keep them from it.

He caught the jibe and grinned. “Do you want me to decide where to put them?”

“We’ve already talked about it, but if I don’t like it, you have to change it.”

“Fair enough.” Anything to get to his pool table early.

That meant that by Thursday night, the basement would be done. The heavens must be taking mercy on her. She could go home, put up her feet, and relax again.

They finished eating and decided to start measuring the study to build bookshelves. Lots of bookshelves. Jerod had found a retired carpenter with a barn full of beautiful boards he wanted to sell off. Jerod had made an appointment for them to drive there in the morning to choose what they wanted for Ansel’s vision of the library.

“They won’t be cheap,” Jerod said, “but he wants to get rid of them. He’ll give us a good price.”

Ansel looked at the magazine page he’d taped to a wall. “Maybe he’ll have cherry. I love how that looks.”

So did she. Three walls of cherry bookcases would be impressive. It took two hours of serious planning to decide on measurements and how much wood they’d need. When they finished, Jerod said, “Let’s call it an early night. If we start another project, we’ll be staying late, and I promised Gunther and Lizzie that we’d go fishing in our pond tonight. We usually don’t catch anything, so I’m stopping on the way home to buy fish sticks.”

Jazzi blinked at him, surprised. “But you have a freezer full of fish.”

“I know, but if I thaw them, it looks like I don’t expect the kids to provide supper for us.

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