Chapter Fifteen
He worked three long days on the crane jib and made eight hundred dollars, which was a lot, but didn’t seem like enough. Thirteen hour days in the summer heat pounded him flat. The baby was still asleep in the morning when he left, and back in bed when he got home. Sandy had set the lab up in the spare bedroom and he’d see her in there working at night, but didn’t have much energy for talking.
The first time he saw her, she was wearing jeans and a shirt. He gave her a look and when he woke up in the morning, she was naked in the bed beside him. The second night he came in at ten and she was already asleep. Late Friday afternoon, with money in his pocket and some good news, he poked his head back into the lab and whistled appreciatively. Sandy had tiny pliers in one hand a
