Status Updates From Surrender at Sunset

"You want some aspirin?" He opened his bedroom door and made his way down the stairs. "I took some earlier. It might be all the paint fumes doing me in. I kept a couple pieces of furniture you already had and repainted them today." "By yourself?" "Yes. I can do other things than pick paint colors and order things from catalogs."

She liked that time of day. Most of her mornings were spent on the phone with suppliers and contractors, but she felt isolated in this big house. As beautiful and peace4ful as it was, it wasn't Miami. She was okay with her own company, but she didn't like feeling alone in this house. She wondered how he could live for so long without human interaction.