A door at the back of the kitchen opened to a small addition that jutted into the rear garden. Inside, a sitting area, simply furnished with a wooden-armed sofa and two chairs faced a window that looked out onto a stout mesquite tree. To the left, he could see a bedroom with a bed and wardrobe, both in sturdy varnished pine. To the right…
“A private bathroom?” Gavin turned to regard his wife. “You have your own bathroom? How on earth…”
“I guess my luck could be worse, for once,” she said softly. “This area is designed for a couple, as you can see. Originally, the housekeeper and the groundskeeper lived here together. After Laura's in-laws passed the house to her and her husband, he took over the maintenance of the structure and garden, in addition to his regular job at the stockyards, an
