Prodigal Son (Jensen Family #1) by Day Michelle

Author:Day, Michelle [Day, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-10-11T04:00:00+00:00

“What do I owe you?” She asked, she had moved further into the garden, admiring his work then she noticed the freshly painted window frames and the pointing he had started.

“Nothing. I don’t want you to pay me. I’m doing it to apologise to you. I’d appreciate it if you let me finish what I’ve started..

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” She told him.

“Look, I don’t have an ulterior motive, I just want to help.”

“No ulterior motive huh?” she questioned.

“Ok, I like you, a lot, those feelings aren’t going to vanish overnight but more than anything I want to show you that I’m a nice guy, I can be responsible for my actions and I enjoy being kept busy.” He gestured to her brickwork “And there is a lot here to keep me busy.”

Carmen sat heavily on her garden bench “You are very sweet.” She swallowed back a tear.

“Please don’t cry, I didn’t mean to upset you.”

“You haven’t. I’m just not used to people being genuinely nice.”

“Look, I’ll finish this bit of pointing then I’ll go. I won’t come back if you don’t want me to.”

“I shouldn’t want you to, maybe I want you here for the wrong reasons, I don’t know, but it would be good to have the house looking nice. Thank you Paul for everything you’ve done.”

“So, I can come back?” he asked.

“Yes, you won’t have to sneak around anymore.” She stood “Would you like a drink?”

“No thanks.” He turned back to his work “I won’t be much longer on this and then I’ll get out of your hair.”

“What did you mean when you said this is your job?” She asked.

“I have my own gardening and Handyman Company. A couple of the guys that work for me did Miss Meacher’s lawn.”

“Oh, I didn’t know.”

“It started with me just doing a couple of gardens for my Mum’s friends and kind of escalated, I went into partnership with another company and now I own the majority of that company, thanks to my Grandparents and business is good.”

“You are quite the entrepreneur.” she smiled.

“Nah, I’m just lucky,” he returned the smile “Don’t let me stop you from whatever you have to do. I’ll let myself out.”

Carmen began to look forward to going home, knowing he would be there. On several occasions, after a heavy overnight rainfall, he would present her with flowers he had cut from her garden that the rain had battered down. She convinced herself that there was nothing wrong in letting him do odd jobs for her and her garden looked amazing. They got into the habit of sitting and talking when she returned from school, Paul would have the tools packed away by the time she changed into casual clothes and they spent the summer evenings sitting on the patio talking about anything from the latest event on the news to nature and Paul’s hope’s for his future and as she got to know him, little by little, she began to realise what a sensible and mature young man he was and she enjoyed his company immensely.

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