Chapter 26

“Oh,” he breathed. “Well, suppose you can eat here if you want to.”

He gave her the food and went to check on the litter box in the laundry room. She’d peed at some point during his slumber, so he cleaned the box and put the washer on while he was there. He’d hang the stuff later, since the weather seemed lovely.

After breakfast, he decided to fix the dock. He had an idea of making a railing and adding a little bench so that he could sit or leave his towel there if he went swimming. It would also make it safer for Joie whenever they’d come around.

He’d realized that his days could be filled with anything he wanted, so he’d driven into town or into Mercer on a whim a few times. That meant that now, a week since he’d arrived in Acker, he had a pretty solid foundation of things to work on and with.