Wanderlust
“For the last few days, he’d worked more than the hours expected for the exchange, but he’d finally finished. He jumped down from the raised floor, looked up at the new storage hut and removed the mask from his face.
He was proud to have been a part of its construction and he’d worked overtime because he’d wanted to see it through to the end. It was the first time he’d ever built anything like this and Philipe had been a great mentor. He’d shown him how to do everything from making windows t...o fitting the doors and installing the guttering. It had been just the two of them working on it and every day, Alex marvelled at how much they’d done in such a small space of time.
Out of everyone in Colinas Verde, Philipe was the one who interested him the most. Everyone referred to him as The Captain because he’d sailed to Ibiza forty-years ago from western France and never left. He was sixty-eight but looked at least a decade younger, and could do pretty much everything that needed to be done - building a hut, fixing the plumbing, wiring up the solar panels - just to name a few.MoreLess
He was proud to have been a part of its construction and he’d worked overtime because he’d wanted to see it through to the end. It was the first time he’d ever built anything like this and Philipe had been a great mentor. He’d shown him how to do everything from making windows t...o fitting the doors and installing the guttering. It had been just the two of them working on it and every day, Alex marvelled at how much they’d done in such a small space of time.
Out of everyone in Colinas Verde, Philipe was the one who interested him the most. Everyone referred to him as The Captain because he’d sailed to Ibiza forty-years ago from western France and never left. He was sixty-eight but looked at least a decade younger, and could do pretty much everything that needed to be done - building a hut, fixing the plumbing, wiring up the solar panels - just to name a few.MoreLess
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