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“I’ve never been in a long-distance relationship, so I don’t know how easy or hard it will be for us.”
“I’d rather have you here with me so that I can hold you.”
“I didn’t know your love language is physical touch,” Maggie said. “I thought it was acts of service.”
“It is mostly, but every now and then I want a hug—especially from the people I love.”
“And what’s mine?” Maggie asked.
It looked like she had missed what he just said about the people he loved.
“I think it’s quality time,” Levi answered him.
Maggie smiled.
“See, we know a lot about each other, but I don’t believe we would have if we hadn’t spent so much time together, in person, in town. If we only see each other once or twice a month, we will hardly know each other.”
“Once or twice a month? What do you mean?”
“It means I’m willing to drive seven hours one way to Lakeside to see you, but due to work, I can only do that every other week or once a month.”
“That will get old very quickly and might affect your health.”
“For sure.”
Maggie refilled her plate with seconds. “This Szechuan chicken is not bad. Not as spicy as I expected.”
“They probably toned it down for the American palate.”
“I believe you.”
They ate quietly for a bit.
Levi prayed that he would say the right words to help Maggie make the right decision. It had to be soon because the U-Haul would arrive in six days.
“Does the event coordinator position at Midtown pay more than the ministry assistant job?” Levi asked.
“It’s the women’s event coordinator, not a church-wide coordinator.” Maggie nodded. “Mrs. Kim suggested I contact HR, and I did, out of curiosity. Yes, the pay is on the level of a new director.”
“So if you work in that position at Midtown and I work as the regional warehouse manager at Christmastown, we could pool our income together and buy this house.”
“Tell me more.”
“We would create an LLC and split the profit between us. This could be our joint investment property.”
“And we don’t have any unequal yoke between us since we’re both Christians. Hmm.” Maggie got up and put her plate in the sink. She leaned back against the counter and surveyedthe house. She was facing Levi, and he could tell that she was remembering the history of this place.
If Maggie wanted this house, he’d do everything he could to get her this house.
“Let’s back up,” Maggie said. “Do we have to buy this house?”
“For your childhood memories?”
“I have those in videos and photographs.”
“This house might be old, but it’s well built—and only ten minutes to Midtown Chapel.”
“It will be a lot of work to renovate this house. However, we might not be able to afford to buy it in the first place unless my parents dropped the price to a range that we can afford.”
