Under Construction

Chapter Fourteen

Our journey is continuing with Edward, Bella and Garrett. I do have a blog for this story. It's a continuation of the Renovations blog. A link for the blog is on my profile. On the blog, there will be picture teasers, teasers and pervy picture teasers. This story is going to be quite steamy and it's pre-written. It will be updated on Wednesdays and Saturdays with teasers on Sundays and Thursdays.

Also, thank you to Christina Downs for her help with planning out the story and wielding her red pen (cursor). You rock, girlie! Mwah!

Chapter Fourteen

"So, when do you want to fly out to visit Bella?" Garrett asked. "Do you want to leave on Christmas Eve, coming back on New Year's Day or extend our visit?" He was standing in the Cope's home, looking at flights in the kitchen.

"Shouldn't you be building something?" Edward asked, waiting on hold with the city to bitch at them regarding some nonexistent permit issue.

"I can't," Garrett shrugged. "Construction is on hold until you get the permit issue resolved. We could be out getting supplies for the master bathroom, but I'm afraid to buy anything with Mrs. Cope's indecisiveness. She gave us the thumbs up for the grey tile, white cabinets and quartz countertops, but she may want travertine, marble and dark wood tomorrow. That woman is going to send us into the poor house with her constant changing."

"No more after this," Edward said. "If she wants something else remodeled, we'll give her name to another contractor. Liam and his crew are just as good as us."

"Or, we could do it, but not be the project managers," Garrett suggested. "Daniel has been asking for more responsibility. I think he's very capable to do it. Obviously, we'd have to okay any plans, but he could run the sites."

"We do need to promote a few ..." Edward trailed off, but someone picked up the line. "Hello, my name is Edward Masen and I submitted several permits for a location on Mercer Island. A building inspector came by and said that there were a few issues. My permits were approved, but the inspector put a stop to our work." Edward listened as the woman looked up the information after he provided the address and his contact information. "Okay, great. So, he was misinformed? Right, he went to the wrong address. We're okay. Thank you for clearing that up. I appreciate it." Edward ended the call. "The guy was at the wrong house."

"Where was he supposed to be?" Garrett asked.

"Same street, but on the other end of the subdivision. He flip-flopped the house numbers," Edward said. "We can continue working. Get the guys in from lunch. I want to have the bathroom framed out by the end of business today."

Garrett nodded, calling out to their crew. The three guys came back in and Edward worked with them. By four, the bathroom had a rough lay out. Tomorrow, they'd work on finishing the plumbing and finalizing Mrs. Cope's design choices. She thanked them as they left, giving Edward and Garrett plates full of cookies. They smiled, driving back to their apartment complex. Garrett followed Edward into his two bedroom apartment, hoping that his best friend would feed him. "Don't you have your own apartment?" Edward deadpanned as his friend took of his shoes and plopped down on the couch.

"I do, but you have food," Garrett said, giving Edward a sly smirk.

"Why am I friends with you?" Edward grumbled. "You are such a leech."

"You love me and you love my body," Garrett chuckled. Edward chucked a kitchen towel at his friend. "We never finished our conversation about visiting Bella or promoting Daniel."

"The Daniel decision is easy. He should get his own project. That place just around the corner from our apartments. It'll be perfect for him. We can test him on his decision-making skills and how he handles clients. With as popular as our business is, we need more project managers. I have no issues in creating sketches and designs for these places, but physically trying to maintain them is too much. I also suggest Seth. He's just as capable as Daniel."