Dangerous Pleasures
““Wow!” he said as he stepped back from his mother, eyes admiring. “You’ve lost a little weight, and your hair is different. You look terrific, Mom! If this is what having a job does for you, I’m all for it.” Then he hugged her and kissed her cheek.
Annie laughed. “I love it,” she admitted.
He helped her clean out the storage room off the kitchen. When they had emptied it they discovered a small fireplace on one wall. It had been hidden by a barrier of boxes. Nathaniel opened the flue, l...it a piece of paper, and grinned as the smoke went up the chimney. It was open and clear. The fireplace worked. They washed the two side-by-side windows that looked out on the woods in the empty lot on one side of the house. Nat had bought the lot several years after they moved into the house.
“Can’t protect what you don’t own,” he had said.
They all painted the room a cheerful shade of jonquil yellow, with white trim, and added a floral border below the ceiling.MoreLess
Annie laughed. “I love it,” she admitted.
He helped her clean out the storage room off the kitchen. When they had emptied it they discovered a small fireplace on one wall. It had been hidden by a barrier of boxes. Nathaniel opened the flue, l...it a piece of paper, and grinned as the smoke went up the chimney. It was open and clear. The fireplace worked. They washed the two side-by-side windows that looked out on the woods in the empty lot on one side of the house. Nat had bought the lot several years after they moved into the house.
“Can’t protect what you don’t own,” he had said.
They all painted the room a cheerful shade of jonquil yellow, with white trim, and added a floral border below the ceiling.MoreLess
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