Chapter 41
Cedar Rapids, IA
CHRIS’ COUSIN ARNOLD met them for breakfast at a local IHOP, after which they caravanned to the house Chris had sold him.
Mickey was impressed when he saw the house and said so. “Babe, it’s huge.”
“Yeah, the pictures I showed you didn’t really do it justice, did they?”
“Not even close.”
The house was brick, clearly of late-Victorian design, and had an open porch around the front and one side. The opposite side of the house featured a porch that had been enclosed in more recent years.
They exited the car and followed Arnold up the steps.
“Excuse the sawdust,” Arnold said, as they stepped into a large, darkly paneled parlor. “We decided to start on the first floor and work our way up. In retrospect, that was probably a mistake, but it’s too late to change
