Wolf Women (The Madison Wolves Book 10) by Robin Roseau

Author:Robin Roseau [Roseau, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Robin Roseau
Published: 2014-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

The Start of A Very Long Night

We broke ground in April, as soon as it was safe to dig a foundation. Portia hired a contractor -- werewolves, of course -- to do the concrete work. We, along with our friends, would do the rest of the work ourselves, except for the plumbing.

At first, everything seemed to go slowly. But then we took delivery of a great, great pile of lumber, and then it became a whirlwind.

Portia, Ember, and I did most of the work together, but we had a great, great deal of assistance. It seemed like everyone wanted to help. The shell went up quickly, amazingly quickly, and by early May, it began to look like a house. But then it slowed down again. The roof was much more complicated than our old house, and even with help, it took over a week to do the shingles.

Of course, it didn't help that we both had jobs to attend to.

Siding, windows, doors: they all took time.

And then inside there was plumbing to do, and by then, I was grateful we were hiring a plumbing contractor. We hired someone else for the heating and cooling system. But Portia did the electrical work herself, teaching all of the helpers. That part went quickly, as we had ten people in the house that afternoon, drilling holes and running wires. Portia checked every single connection herself.

The drywall was the worst, and I remembered what it had taken to drywall my office in the old house.

"I want you to hire someone to do the taping," I told her. "It will take us months."

"Trust me," she replied.

It didn't take months, not with the amount of help we had. But it took weeks. June arrived, and then July.

We used a sprayer to paint the walls. What would have taken weeks by hand was done in three days. The exterior paint went just as quickly.

Cabinets and flooring were installed, and she hired professionals for both of those. The plumbers finished their work.

It was the first of August when Portia, Ember, and I stood in the center of the room that was to become the master bedroom.

"The wedding is in two weeks," Portia declared.

* * * *

There was a flurry of last-minute activity, most of it by Michaela and Karen. "We've got it," Michaela said. "Don't worry, Zoe."

"Shouldn't I be doing all this?"

"No."

Invitations went out the next day. In effect, we appropriated pack play night, so everyone was already expecting to be there. And the pack had everything we needed, so there were no companies to deal with, except for flowers.

It felt weird to me knowing I was about to get married, and I wasn't running around like a chicken with its head cut off, making sure everything would be settled.

But it was Thursday evening, just a bit more than a week before the wedding, when I got a call from Michaela. I was home alone. Portia was helping Karen and Elisabeth deal with some pack issue, and Ember was doing homework with a few of the kids.

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