The Rhodes Case by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

As Joan pulled on the door, a loud buzzer sounded. Janet frowned. “They know we’re here now,” she muttered as she followed Joan into the cottage.

“This isn’t what I was expecting,” Joan said as she stopped a few feet inside the door.

Janet almost let her jaw drop. The back wall of the cottage was nearly entirely made up of windows, which flooded the single room with light. The room felt large, even though there were cupboards and countertops everywhere. Janet ran her hand across the nearest countertop and sighed. It was some sort of stone and it was beautiful. No doubt it was also very expensive.

“Hello,” a voice said from behind a small partition wall. A moment later a man walked out and smiled brightly at them. Janet would have guessed him to be around thirty-five. His hair was brown and he had a small and neatly trimmed beard and moustache. “Good afternoon,” he said. “What brings you in today? Ready for a whole new kitchen or just in need of a replacement cupboard or two?”

“We wanted to talk to someone about adding a small kitchen to our carriage house,” Joan replied. “It wouldn’t be much more than a few units along a wall, really.”

“You must be the Markham sisters,” the man replied. “Unless you’ve driven here from Derby or further afield, that is.”

“We are the Markham sisters,” Joan said. “I’m Joan and this is Janet.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Adam Lloyd.” He stuck his head back behind the partition. “Hey, Gil, come here,” he called.

A moment later a second man walked out and gave the sisters a smile. “I’m Gilbert Gordon,” he said. “Everyone calls me Gil.” Gil looked a few years younger than Adam, with darker brown hair. He was cleanly shaven.

“It’s nice to meet you both,” Joan said.

“We fitted the kitchen at Doveby House, back when Maggie owned it,” Adam told them. “She was crazy, but she paid on time and she seemed happy with our work.”

“I love the kitchen,” Joan replied. “It’s my dream kitchen, really.”

Adam nodded. “We worked hard on that one. I designed it all myself. I love to do design work, and I don’t get to do much of it, really. A lot of times, we end up just fitting pieces that people bought at the DIY superstores. They have about three standard designs and they just sell you whatever fits into your space according to their boring designs. I prefer to come up with some different ideas for spaces.”

“We’d probably need different ideas if we do the carriage house project. It isn’t a large building and we need to leave plenty of space for a bed and probably some sort of sitting room area, too.”

Adam ducked behind the partition and came back with a notebook and a pen. “Do you have the dimensions?” he asked.

While Joan and the two men talked about different ideas, Janet wandered around, opening and closing cupboards and looking through sample books for everything from countertops to cupboard knobs to taps.

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