Chapter 12: Sharing
Once inside Devonshire, the group did a little exploring of the ground floor. They took in the rustic living room complete with large walk-in fireplace. Deer heads stared down from their mountings over a rock-hewn mantelpiece. French doors opened onto a large rectangular dining room with a long mahogany table and several chairs at its center. A few small windows looked out onto a dense forest of pine.
Hal and Ms. Lansing busied themselves in the kitchen. They unloaded the bags of food and spent time putting items away in cabinets, and placing some snacks out on the counters. Hal set bottles of Chardonnay to chill in the fridge.
Upstairs, on the second floor corridor, the sun streamed in through the high windows. Guy picked out what seemed to be the only room with a d
