Time For You: An Age Gap, Small Town Romance (Sunny Brook Farms Book 1) by Renee Harless

Author:Renee Harless [Harless, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harless Productions, LLC
Published: 2023-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve – Autumn

I wasn’t sure how I had managed to go three days without seeing Colton, but I knew it had taken every ounce of willpower I possessed to not drive to his house.

To keep my mind off of him, I’d spent Sunday with Alex at the bar and helped her run inventory. She gave me hell for running Colton off. Monday, I volunteered to help in Rory’s classroom, admiring the way she interacted with the first graders. I was so proud of my sister for the way she knew exactly what to do and say with the kids. And Tuesday Aspen caught me sulking in the living room and asked if I wanted to help her get supplies for the farm at the store. It hadn’t taken long, but it was nice to take my mind off the intrusive thoughts swirling in my mind.

What if I stayed and failed? What if I left and something happened to someone in the family? What if Colton met someone?

The latter plagued my mind for hours before dawn had risen.

But here I was now, standing beside my car, watching as fifteen or so men worked around the house I’d once imagined myself raising a family in. I hadn’t been back over since Friday when Dad had tricked me into staying and it surprised me to see how far along it had come.

They cleaned the bricks and put fresh mortar in the spots that had begun to crumble. New windows were in the process of being installed, and the foundation looked as if it had been re-leveled.

Things that I was sure took weeks or months to accomplish only took days when you had millions of dollars to throw around.

I gave myself a mental pep talk as the sound of a jackhammer echoed across the land.

“Can I help you?” a voice with a hint of a drawl said from behind me.

“Hi, I’m looking for Colton Crawford?”

The man looked at me skeptically, and I wondered if he was worried that I was a fan or reporter. Leave it to Colton to have security on site.

“I’m his neighbor. Autumn Easterly. And I brought him a pie.”

After a moment, the man chuckled and advised me that Colton was in the house in the library.

“Thanks.”

Grabbing the small duffle bag from the back seat, I made my way toward the house, inhaling the scent of fresh wood as I went.

Plaster had been removed in many of the rooms revealing the framing behind the walls. I had thought I’d be upset to witness the changes like the taking down of walls or ripping up the floors, but instead I felt a sense of delight. Colton wasn’t doing any of those things to destroy the home’s bones. It was to better her. New electrical wiring was being installed and better fixtures for the plumbing. It was all for a reason.

“Colton?” I called out when there was a break in the construction noise. When there was no response, I made my way back toward the wing of the house where he had pointed out the library on Friday.

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