I’d already pruned two bushes down to a respectable size, and before long she’d see– the place was going to look just dandy.
“You didn’t get that stubborn streak from me,” she said, but came back outside with a glass of juice and a kiss for my cheek.
Good enough for me! By the end of that first day, what I’d made was a big mess.
But if chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one’s universe, then I was well on my way.
At least that’s what I tried to tell myself when I flopped into bed that night, dead tired.
And the next afternoon I was busily expanding the chaos of my little universe when I heard a deep voice say,
“That’s quite an undertaking, young lady.” The man standing on our sidewalk was Bryce’s grandfather, I knew that much.
But I’d only ever seen him outside one time. All the other times I’d seen him had been through windows–
either one in their sitting room or one in their car.
To me he was just a dark-haired man behind glass. Having him appear on my sidewalk
was like having someone from TV step through the screen and talk to you.
I know we’ve seen each other from time to time,” he was saying.
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