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“Why don’t I do all the grouting and you and Mitch go and get what you need to start on the bathroom,” Paul suggested.“I mean, you have the money now to get it finished.Might as well use us until we have to leave.”
“Good idea,” Mason said, smiling.“I can breathe a bit easier now that I know I’ve got some work lined up and a little money in the bank.”
Paul just smiled.“Told ya.”
As Mason and Mitch got ready to leave, Mason called out to Paul that Patty was bringing lunch today and should be there by the time that he and Mitch got back.
“Good,” Mitch said.“I’m hungry.I wonder what they’d want for that apartment after it’s done?”
“Oh hell,” Mason sighed, digging his keys out of his pocket.
Chapter Twenty
Patty had brought abig pot of jambalaya, a pan of cornbread and a pecan pie for lunch.Nick brought a couple more folding chairs so that they’d all have a place to sit while they ate, using the top of the cooler as a makeshift table.
While they were sitting there, after eating, Patty asked Paul and Mitch when they were heading back to Atlanta.
“I’ve got a new job starting the following week, so I’m heading back on Wednesday,” Paul answered.“I’ll need to get everything sorted and the kids would have driven my poor wife crazy by now.”
“I’m going to follow him up,” Mitch added.“I’ve got a job starting the same week as Paul and I need to get permits pulled and that sort of thing.”
“When are you thinking of moving in, Mason?”she asked.
“As soon as possible,” he replied.“If I don’t have to pay another month’s rent on the apartment, it will save me money that I can use on starting upstairs here.”
“How long will it take you to get your bathroom put back together?”Nick asked.
Paul, Mitch and Mason had unloaded all the supplies needed to redo the walls in the bathroom as well as a few other things before they’d had lunch.
“If I get right on it, and stay on it, not long at all.Maybe three full days?”
“And after that you can start on the apartment over the store?”she inquired.
“Yeah sure.”Mason took a drink of his water.“As long as I have a place to live, then I can start.”
“Do you have a lot to move?”Nick asked.
