Chapter 529

• She worked through most of the day, taking a short break for lunch and spending time with Aspyn. Her daughter was running around singing ABCs, or three or four random letters from the alphabet. It did her good to know her child was going to learn and be filled with knowledge.
• Kelsey had brought Julian back over for the older kids’ lessons, but Noah hadn’t returned. The more she thought about him, and the things Cooper had said, the further she pushed herself to get this done. As she saw the grimy stained walls gradually become white, and smooth, the better she felt. Her mind would never shut off to the point she didn’t think about it but keeping physically busy was helping.
• Now, at the end of the day, she had two walls left to do in the main area of the little house. It was so bright in here. She was excited to see what it was going to look like when the colors she’d chosen were on them. It was odd that Cooper had just nodded to her selections. It was as if he had no real opinion of the way he wanted it to look in here. She bit her lip and turned to look at the cans, hoping his trust in her judgment wasn’t going to lead to disappointment. Emersyn had never gotten to choose anything in her life, so it was going to be interesting to see the result.