Chapter 109

“Why do I think you’re going to suggest they move in here?” Kurt asked.

“Because I am?” Brody replied. “It not as if we don’t have the room, if we’re clever about it.”

“Both the storage rooms up here are taken,” Tonio pointed out.

“True, but with a bit of work we could add a third room over there using curtains.” Brody gestured to the far corner of the loft which now held their table and chairs. “It’s far enough back, and dark enough since the light from the window doesn’t reach the area, that no one could see it from the ground. Not that we get any visitors willing to do more than peek in the windows, since we barricaded the side door.”

“Let’s hope we never do,” Jon said, crossing his fingers.

“What are these guys like?” Tonio asked.

Brody replied, “They’re authors, in their mid-thirties, I’d say, and in a committed relationship. They’ve got a nice house, which says something for them.”

Kurt snorted. “Yeah, like moving here would be a real step down.”