The Art of Romance by Kaye Dacus

Author:Kaye Dacus [Dacus, Kaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60742-231-0
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

After a morning filled with advising late-registering students and an English department lunch meeting that lasted all afternoon, Caylor entered the construction zone at home, wanting nothing more than to go up to her loft and curl up in her chair for an hour and veg out. She still had a lot of work to do on finalizing her first few lectures for the composition class dumped in her lap today because the adjunct who’d taught the freshman course the last ten years suddenly moved out of state, but that could wait until after she’d let her brain rest for an hour.

The crew seemed to have made good progress with the breakfast room addition. The new little room that connected the kitchen to the laundry room looked finished outside, with white siding and trim to match the rest of the house. Inside, a couple of guys troweled mud over the seams of the drywall they’d installed. It would be so nice to be able to go to and from the laundry room and stay nice and warm—or cool during the summer—instead of having to exit the house to get there.

Sassy, who had returned from Maine that morning, stood with the site foreman in the kitchen, which was stripped down to the shells of the cabinets with all of the appliances now gone.

“Oh good, Caylor.” Sassy motioned her over. “Jerry was telling me that they plan to install the island and refinish the cabinets tomorrow. Then on Thursday, they’re going to start on the floors, so that’s the night we won’t be able to stay at home.”

“Okay. I’ll call Zarah and let her know. You and Sage are still staying with the Bradleys?” Caylor shifted the load of books and paperwork from one arm to the other.

“Yes. I talked to Perty this afternoon. She’d love for you to come stay also. They’ve got six extra bedrooms, you know.”

“I know. But Zarah and Flannery and I have talked about ordering in Chinese food and working on wedding stuff whatever night I get kicked out of the house. It may be the only chance we have before spring break.” Caylor covered a yawn with the back of her hand. “I’m going to go upstairs and get some work done.” After resting for a while.

“You can’t—I have a new class starting at church at five thirty. Sage is out with some high school friends, so I’ll need you to take me.”

Though working in the comfort of her big chair upstairs would be preferable, she’d save time by staying at the church and working there instead of driving up to the church twice. “Okay. Let me change clothes, and I’ll be ready to go.”

Upstairs, Caylor set her books and laptop case on the desk and resisted the urge to drop into the desk chair and groan out her frustration.

Instead, she stepped into the walk-in closet and changed from her trousers, jacket, and blouse into jeans and a comfy, slightly oversized turtleneck sweater—which, naturally, snagged on her watch, creating a pull across the front.

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