She put her hand on his cheek and said with a low voice, “We’re okay.”
“I know.”
“I’m thankful that no one got hurt and we’re only dealing with broken windows and not broken bodies.”
“Yeah, me too.”He pulled her close and buried his face in her neck with a sigh.He straightened and gave her a quick peck on the lips.“I brought up the shop vac.We’re using Dexter’s downstairs.And listen, I think we should sleep in the farmhouse for the time being.The barn is just too removed from things.”
“Of course, I don’t mind.We hadn’t even talked about where we were going to stay, though I kind of figured we’d end up in the farmhouse with the rest of the herd.”
“It’s the place to be,” Tatum said with a chuckle.
“I need to run,” Avi said.“I’ll see you in a little while.”
She nodded with a smile and watched him leave, heading down the hall to the stairs.She could hear the hum of the males talking on the first floor, where they were cleaning up the glass and making plans for the repairs of the damaged walls and windows.
Something squeaked behind her and she turned around to see Nancy lifting a metal curtain rod from its hooks and sliding the torn and paint-stained curtains off.
“Let me see those,” she said, carefully crossing the room.
“The glass cut them up a bit,” Nancy said as she gave them to Fallon.“I don’t know if the paint can be washed out, but they might be beyond repair anyway.”
There were a few slices along the hem where glass had punctured the fabric, and there were splotches of colorful paint too.“Well, I don’t know about the staining, but if we can get them clean, I can repair them.”
“You can?”Tatum asked.“You can sew?”
“Yeah.My grandma taught me before she passed away.I was always looking for things to sew when I was younger.It’s fun to fix things and make them new.”
“When we’re done in here, I’ve got something to show you,” Zara said.
“Sure thing,” Fallon said.
She folded the curtains and put them on the bed, which had been stripped of linens that had been shaken out carefully onto the floor.Everything had to be checked to ensure there were no glass shards and then washed.There were four bedrooms in use in the farmhouse, including the one she and Avi would share.
Her stomach flipped at the thought of being with him again, but she pushed the sexy thoughts away.
There would be time for that later.
* * *
When Crew and Zara’s room was free of glass shards and the linens were in the laundry, they moved on to Grey and Tatum’s room, but Zara grabbed Fallon and took her downstairs to a room down a hall off the family room.
“There are a few rooms down on the first floor we use for storage or that are empty,” she said.“I told Crew the other day that I wanted to go through them and see what we actually have in storage, and I remembered seeing a sewing machine in this room.I think when the guys bought the farm, they just closed the doors down here and didn’t worry about the stuff left behind.I don’t like clutter.”She smiled at Fallon as she opened the door to a small room.There were boxes and old furniture everywhere, and in the corner, a sewing table and old sewing machine.
“Oh!”Fallon said, picking her way through the boxes to the table and sewing machine.“It’s just like the one my grandma had.How cool!”
“We can order whatever supplies you need and have them delivered so you can repair or replace the curtains.And I also have a skirt that’s a little too long, if that’s something you could do?”
Fallon smiled.“I absolutely can hem it for you.”She ran her hand over the cool metal of the machine.“This is so neat, thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”Zara sighed.“Ready to head back to glass cleanup?”
“Yep.”She followed Zara out of the room, taking one last look at the sewing machine, eager to use it and be helpful to the herd.She couldn’t wait to talk to Avi about what Zara had shared with her.
* * *
Fallon tried hard not to toss and turn Monday night in the very comfortable bed that Avi had so expertly worn her out in earlier, but she couldn’t seem to turn off her brain or stay asleep.Every time she dozed off, she startled awake with a soft groan.
Avi was breathing deeply in sleep next to her, and she should have been resting too, but she just couldn’t seem to.She’d spent the entire day cleaning the bedrooms with the females save for Tatum, who’d had to work at the library.Grey had gone to watch over her in case Colton tried something with her again, so they were down two people but the work still got done.At least the bedrooms and kitchen were free of glass.The other rooms would get finished up soon enough.
