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Mitch rolled his eyes.“Ya think?”
Mason handed the water and towel to Mitch.“Here, clean up your face.You’re too pretty to have all that dust covering up your natural beauty.”
Paul howled with laughter, but Mitch smiled broadly.“Aw, I knew you loved me.”
Chapter Eleven
Mason was about togo and see about getting some lunch when he heard a voice calling from upstairs.“Anyone ta home?”
“Down here,” Mason called out.
Mason and Paul were pulling wire so that the new electrical panel could be hooked up.Mason was on the inside pulling and then pushing wire to the outside, while Paul pulled it.The job required quite a bit of upper body strength on Mason’s part, but he was used to using those muscles, so it wasn’t that big a chore to him.
A moment later they heard heavy footsteps on the stairs.“Looking good,” came a voice that Mason recognized as Nick’s.
“Hey, Nick.”Mason grunted as he put his full body into pulling down a clump of wires from the uppermost floor of the townhome.“I was just thinking of coming to see you about some lunch.”
“Already got it,” Nick chuckled.“Ya’ll about to a stopping point?”
“I am,” Mitch said.He was sitting on one of the beach chairs fiddling with power outlets and light switches, a small bag of ice sitting on his foot.“I’m starved.”
“What happened to you?”Nick asked, approaching Mitch.
“Oh, Mason’s haunted house is trying to kill me, it seems.”
Mason grunted one more time, pulling the group of wires tight.“Alright, Paul.That’s got this last bunch.”
Paul came in through the back door.“Good.After lunch I can start wiring it all in.With any luck, we can do a test run on the two upper floors by the end of the day.Except for the kitchen, which we still need to decide on.”
“Sounds like a plan,” Mason said, rubbing his hands on his shorts.“I’m ready for lunch myself.”
“I’ve got it all set up outside where you guys were yesterday,” Nick announced, obviously very pleased with himself.“Gotta keep the new neighbors happy.”
“Wow, that’s nice of you.”Mason shook Nick’s hand.“What’s for lunch?”
“I figured you boys haven’t had much of a home-cooked meal in a while so...Momma, my wife, made up a big pan of lasagna, and I put together a big salad and some garlic bread to go with it.”
