The Unloved (2010)
“Anne demanded. After searching the house, she’d finally found him behind the west wing, his shirt stripped off and his chest gleaming with sweat. A mound of tangled vines surrounded him, and when she spoke to him, he turned to face her with a triumphant grin spread over his dirt-streaked face.
“I can’t believe it,” he replied, dropping the big pair of hedge shears to the ground and planting his hands on his hips. “You know, when they built this place, they knew what they were doing.”
Anne’s bro...ws arched skeptically. “If they knew what they were doing,” she countered, “why is it falling apart?”
“That’s just it,” Kevin told her, his grin widening. “It isn’t falling apart. Underneath the siding, the brick is as solid as ever, and even most of the siding just needs repainting and new nails. I thought this wall would come down when I went after the vines, but look!” He gestured toward the expanse of wall he’d stripped naked of twenty-five years of growth, and Anne’s eyes reluctantly followed his gesture.MoreLess
“I can’t believe it,” he replied, dropping the big pair of hedge shears to the ground and planting his hands on his hips. “You know, when they built this place, they knew what they were doing.”
Anne’s bro...ws arched skeptically. “If they knew what they were doing,” she countered, “why is it falling apart?”
“That’s just it,” Kevin told her, his grin widening. “It isn’t falling apart. Underneath the siding, the brick is as solid as ever, and even most of the siding just needs repainting and new nails. I thought this wall would come down when I went after the vines, but look!” He gestured toward the expanse of wall he’d stripped naked of twenty-five years of growth, and Anne’s eyes reluctantly followed his gesture.MoreLess
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