“That’s what we’re for.If the leak is on the opposite side of the house from your master bedroom, I don’t see any reason you can’t stay here.Did Blackstone only renovate your spare bathroom, or did they do more?”Wes arches a brow.
“They renovated the entire house,” I whisper.
“Ok.We’ll take care of this.”Blake clamps a hand down on my shoulder and squeezes gently.“Don’t worry about anything.We can handle ripping out everything that’s damaged and fix it all.I think we should check all of the plumbing and electrical to see what else they screwed up.”
“Can we just rip everything down to the studs again?I don’t want to constantly worry about a fire or something else leaking.”
“We can do whatever you want, Covey.This is your home.If you want us to check everything the best we can and not take down walls, we will.”
“No, just gut everything.”
Wes and Blake glance at each other.I swear they’re having a silent conversation and it’s killing me.I want to know what they’re thinking.
“I’ll see if Titus is free this weekend.He’s a huge Pit Bulls fan so I'm sure he’d love to help you out… Maybe you can give him some tickets too.”Blake smirks at me.
“I’ll get him as many tickets as he wants.”
“Well, don’t tell him that.He’ll already get paid overtime to come over the weekend.”Wes rolls his eyes.
“We’ll have him and a few other guys work over the weekend to pull everything out.You want us to gut the kitchen too?”
“Yeah, I'm sure the cabinets are damaged.”
“We’ll check them out and see.Your flooring doesn’t go under your cabinets so if they’re not damaged, we can just rip up the floors.Let’s check it out and get a game plan in place.”Wes begins climbing the stairs to the main floor.I go to tuck my phone in my pocket and it ends up slipping out of my hand and falling into the water.
“Man, this really isn’t your day, huh?”Blake winces as he grabs my phone and shakes it a few times.The screen cracked and it flickers before going black.“This was backed up, right?”
“Thankfully, I backed it up last night.Let’s hope I can get a new one quickly.”
I follow Blake up the stairs and am basically his and Wes’ shadow for the next two hours.The leak was in the wall of the shower in the newly renovated bathroom.All of the carpet in the bedrooms need to be ripped up.The vinyl plank hardwood floors are destroyed and will need to be replaced.That entire side of the house needs to be gutted and redone.
We get to the kitchen and Wes quickly pulls up one of the planks.He lets out a sigh and stands to his full height, shaking his head.
“This has been leaking for a while.The cabinets have a lot of water damage.”
“How did I not notice this?”
“Do you wear shoes most of the time?”Blake arches a brow.
“Honestly, I'm normally rushing around, trying to get to work on time or get other things done on my days off.I'm not sure the last time I walked through here without shoes on.”I shake my head.I still should’ve noticed.
“If you were wearing shoes and rushing around, you wouldn’t notice it.Give yourself a break, Covey.You’re insanely busy during the season, it’s understandable.We’ll handle all of this and you won't have to worry.”
Without another word, I grab my keys and remove the key to the house from the ring.I hand it over to Wes and sigh.
“You might as well take this.I'm not home enough to open the doors for people.”
“Our guys will treat your home with respect.We don’t hire people we don’t trust.That being said, if there’s ever an issue, please let us know right away.”
“Thank you.I don’t know what I’d do without you guys.”
Chapter 11
Cici
I'mscramblingtogetout of work on time.I have to finish this report and get it sent to Uncle Parker and Uncle Luke before I leave work for the week.I promised them they’d have this before six o’clock and I'm not going to let them down.
My fingers fly across the keyboard as I try to get all of my thoughts out on this project and when I finally hit save on the document, I realize I have exactly ten minutes to get to the Mexican restaurant to meet Covey for dinner.
