First Impression

Chapter Four

Aurora woke the next morning to the sound of rain pouring down on the roof. She dragged herself out of bed, slid into fuzzy slippers and pulled on her robe. She went into the bathroom, washed her hands, face and brushed her hair. Then she went into the kitchen to make coffee. She had a small leak in the kitchen ceiling. Aurora groaned. “Absolutely wonderful! Now I have to call Garret!” She said.

She dialed the number and he answered on the second ring. “Hello?” He said groggily.

“Hi, this is Aurora. I’m so sorry to bother you this early. I have a small leak in the kitchen ceiling that I need you to fix for me. Oh, and by the way, nice job on trimming the rose bushes and weeds in the flower beds.” “Oh dear. Oh thank you. Well, I try my best. Give me about 20 minutes and I’ll be right over. Ms. Kensington.” “I appreciate you coming on such a short notice.” She said with a sigh of relief. He hung up and rolled over and cuddled for another minute with his pregnant wife, Tanya.

He kissed his wife tenderly and left. He arrived at the cottage right on time. He knocked. Both of the neighbors peaking their windows trying to find out who was at Aurora’s door. The rain had stopped and the sun had started to come out from behind the clouds.

Aurora had cleaned up the water, and set a pail to catch the water incase it started raining again. She answered on the second knock. “Thank you for coming.” No problem.” He said assessing the damage. “Well, it’s going to take a few days to dry, then I can patch up the ceiling, but the roof I can get to today. I’ll get the materials and hopefully I can do it before it starts raining again.”

“Oh, that would be wonderful. Thank you so much.” Aurora said greatly relieved. “I’ll send you the bill. He said as he let himself out.

He had gotten the materials, it would only take a couple hours to complete. She stood on the sidewalk to see the the top of the roof. Garrett threw down a large branch that had fallen from the tall oak tree between Mrs. Wilson’s cottage and hers. Mrs. Teagarden had her tree hewn down and uprooted to put in a bird foundation the year before.