“I suppose.” She sighed, smiling. “I’ll have to get you a matching coat next Christmas.”
Alex pulled the coat on and zipped it up. “Will you be coming out?”
“I’ll come out in a bit.”
Alex went out the side door, hitting the button on his way down the steps into the garage. The door buzzed and rose. He gathered a pair of shovels and a hoe and walked around the house into the backyard. The borders were formed, the sods of grass piled next to the large square that would be the garden. He laid the extra shovel and hoe in the grass and began digging up the middle. He was working for several minutes and he found himself looking up at the back door to the house and peeking in the window. It was kind of silly, he knew, as Kimberly and he had spent an intimate morning together, but the thought t
