I was in luck her mother answered. "Hello Mrs Brown, it's Bert here," I said."Oh, hello Bert. I'm afraid Lisa's not in at the moment. Would you like t... leave her a message?" she asked politely."No, well you see, I wasn't calling to speak to her. Actually, I wanted to speak to you." Oh?" Well, the thing is, I don't know how to put this but ... Lisa has been acting a bit strange." Go on." She's become insanely paranoid that I'm cheating on her with my friend Vicky. I'm not, but she won't take my. Planning our wedding. Uh, Jeff, I was going to ask if Marie could come out for a few days. I mean ... This is such a beautiful place and you said it used to be a conference center...”“Wedding,” Arlene and Kayla said as soon as the word was out of Mike’s mouth, then rushed into the kitchen while he was still trying to finish the sentence.Jeff stood staring at Hall for a moment while he, in turn, stared after the women, amazed at their reaction. “You do want to get married, I hope?” Jeff asked. I sat at the bottom of the plastic slide, leaning back with my spine rubbing against the tube. Suddenly, I heard the rusted squeak of the swing behind me! I whipped my head so fast around, but no one was there. When I turned back around I found the hoodied man standing under the streetlight. Filled with fear, I instinctively stood up. ‘I couldn’t run back home, what if he followed?’ I thought, contemplating what to do. I opted on walking the opposite way to see if he’d follow. He did. I broke. A day to continue my progress on the house. I had selected the paint colours for the trim in the great room, and I made a trip to Valley Builders to pick up the paint, some primer, and the necessary clear fir 1X4 and 1X6 for the trim. I examined the samples closely and noticed that one edge had just the slightest hint of a bullnose. Perfect! I knew which side to prepare. My plan was to prime and paint the finish ahead of time and store it in the basement until I was ready for it. There was room.