Chapter 3
Jacksonville, FLA COUPLE OF DAYS later, the builder arranged to stop by to show Chris his proposals. The appointment was for five thirty, and Mickey had come home from work half an hour early in order to hear what the man had to say. Chris asked Mr. Hansen to lay his sketches out on the dining room table so they could study them side by side. He and Mickey looked at each sketch carefully.
Finally Chris said, “Well?”
“Well what?” Mickey said.
“Don’t be disingenuous, Mick. What do you think?”
“I like both of them. Which one do you like?”
“I like the one with the deck and the oversize windows.”
“Yeah, being able to open the porch to the breeze by opening only three large windows is appealing, isn’t it? On the other hand, it’s a bit more expensive.”
“Mickey, have you looked a
