Bab 12: Chapter 12

Though it took the rest of Sunday afternoon,the craft room finally got finished,with little or no further argument.By five o’clock that evening,Brandt was vacuuming up the sawdust and little pieces of wood clinging to the carpet while Jack touched up the paint around the baseboards.Lori flittered around the room,unpacking her craft supplies and stocking the new shelves.She only had the guys move her desks twice until she was satisfied with how the arrangement looked.

The second time,when she frowned at the way the sunlight streamed through the window onto her sewing machine and contemplated moving things around once more,she overheard Brandt mutter to Jack,“We should’ve nailed down everything.One and done.”

Without looking at him,she warned,“I heard that.I need the light—”

“We bought you a lamp,”Brandt argued,waving a hand at the powerful OttLite floor lamp standing in one corner of the room,waiting to be plugged in.“It wasn’t cheap,either.You said it was one of the best.”