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“Lots of paint,” she said. “And my father redid the half bath for me downstairs as a housewarming gift.”
Liz proudly showed off the work her father did for her. No, it wasn’t anything like the work Christian did for his flip, but she didn’t care.
She wasn’t a Butler and never would be one.
She saw how Christian felt bad when he made a comment about having plenty of places to live.
She didn’t want him to feel that way. He wasn’t saying anything that wasn’t the truth.
It was one thing she’d liked about him back in school.
He was honest. He was humble too.
He never wanted to hurt anyone.
“That’s a great gift,” Amanda said. “I wish Sean was handy like that.”
They always got a laugh out of Amanda’s husband. He worked in the labs at the hospital. He had two left feet and was lucky he knew the difference between a screwdriver and a hammer.
“Sean has other great characteristics,” she said. “Remember that.”
“You’re right,” Amanda said. “He’s a great father. The kids love playing with him. He’s a really good cook too. I’m lucky there.”
“You are,” she said.
In her mind, any time a husband and wife shared duties in their life, that was a win.
Her parents didn’t. It was all on her father because her mother could barely keep things together.
Tanner, he did nothing.
He claimed he paid all the bills and that was his part.
He wasn’t wrong, but she gave him most of her check too.
Stupid on her part. One thing she learned was to never rely on anyone again.
Keep things separate because you needed an out if the time came.
She should have never needed that money from Donna and was still thankful she’d gotten it.
She hadn’t heard from Donna in months. She thought it was nice that Donna would reach out a few times early on to see if she was okay. If she needed anything.
She’d always said she was fine and doing well. She’d never take anything from Donna or Tanner or anyone named Carter again.
“Looks like it’s time for a fun-filled night,” Amanda said. “You ready?”
“It always makes the shifts go by faster,” she said.
They both punched in and made their way to the front desk to get filled in on what was going on.
She got her room assignments and was thrilled that most times she wasn’t dealing with the emergencies coming in the door but rather the ones that were already triaged and put in rooms to be monitored.
At three in the morning, she was punching out for her break. She’d grabbed a piece of the leftover pizza from Friday night when Christian was over to warm up. It was easy and fast.
She hadn’t talked to him at all today and didn’t expect to. He knew she was going to work and that meant she’d try to get four or five hours of sleep before she had to be here.
He was spending Easter at his parents’ house and then would see his siblings and nieces and nephews too. She remembered what it was like when she used to visit his house.
