Chapter 129

“Too late, now.” Jon tapped his lips thoughtfully. “There’s always alleys, especially in neighborhoods like this. People get something new, like a table, and put the old one out by the dumpster to be picked up instead of lugging it to a near-new shop.”

“Not a bad idea,” Brody agreed. “Back to my original question. Do we want to take Mike and Sage up on their offer? I know I do, and so do Tonio and Kurt.”

“I’m in, of course,” Jon replied.

Gene glanced at Van, one eyebrow arched in question.

“It’s better than where we are, now,” Van said. He chuckled. “But then almost anywhere would be.”

Brody looked at him in feigned dismay. “You don’t like the barn? And here we did everything possible to make it homey.”

“And you did a good job, for what you were working with,” Van retorted. “Personally, while the ambiance there is…interesting…I think this will be much nicer.”

“Then we’re in agreement,” Brody said. “Let’s tell Mike and Sage and hope they get the house.”