Drew worked as fast as he dared standing on a ladder. It was a miracle Gretchen hadn’t noticed anything going on with the farmhouse. He noticed where she’d been in her flower gardens. He’d slept at his parents one night and stood on the porch at five-thirty in the morning, watching her prowl through the darkness to find what she needed.
He’d really hated that, and the urgency to get the farmhouse finished had doubled. Since he’d quit working for the paramedic service, he’d had more time to pour into the house. He made sure everything was cleaned up at night, but he wouldn’t be able to do that today. Because today, he was giving the exterior of the house a facelift.
It was the last step he needed to accomplish before he’d be ready to bring Gretchen out to the farm. Joel worked on the oppo
