Chapter 22

Once the house was theirs, Jake hired a team to strip the hideous maroon-striped wallpaper from the master bedroom and pull up the matching carpet. Then they painted the walls light green and had silvery-grey carpet put down, making their bedroom about a hundred times nicer. The main bathroom got a makeover as well, going from blinding yellow walls to a paler tint.

Eventually they wanted to redo the two smaller bedrooms, both of which suffered from ugly wallpaper. Those didn’t need immediate attention and anyway both Jake and David were excited to move into their new home. McLaughlin had taken a plea deal and was behind bars in the state prison, but Jake wasn’t one to take chances and he had a quality home security system installed before moving in.

Waking up the first morning was disorienting for a minute, until Jake remembered they were in the new house and smiled. He had plans to test out the Jacuzzi.