The Mansion

Chapter One

Chapter 1

             Dreaming, she could see his face perfectly. He has dark brown hair with a bit of wave that fell just barely touching his collar in a sexy shag look of layers. His face is very masculine. He has grayish - blue eyes that are outlined in black. His nose is straight. Well structured cheek bones, a firm chin and succulent plump lips. He came from a rich family but didn’t take on the usual custom of being well bred. He always said he didn’t need to do the act. Who was this man in her dreams?

            Kale McJonas, nearing twenty six, had his own business renovating houses. His best friends; Blake McGregor and Chase Anderson grew up together since they were five years old, help Kale on the weekends with his renovations. In college, Blake studied accounting and landed a decent job at one of the largest accounting firms. Chase went into the police academy. Kale’s mother wanted him to get into the hotel business with his father but Kale wanted to actually work. He wanted to make old things look new and beautiful.

            As the alarm went off, Kale reached over to hit the snooze. He knocked his alarm clock off the night stand, rapped his knuckles on the corner of the night stand and swore. He reached for the lamp that sat nicely on his night stand and when he tapped the lamp he heard a pop and realized the bulb had just blown. Kale swore again as he got up to turn the ceiling light on. He stepped on his alarm clock, tripped on the cord and stretched to reach the light switch and swore again. He managed to hit the switch and turn the light on. “Okay, I’m up” he said as to be talking to someone. “Damn, this is going to be one hell of a day” Kale said aloud as he made his way to the bathroom. Turning on the water to the shower he ran down a list of projects he was going to tackle that day. Stepping into the shower he began to lather up. The phone rang. “Who the hell is calling me this early?” Kale said and let the machine answer it. “Good morning honey, I have a full day today so I thought I would catch you this morning. Your father is going in for his tests so we are on the way to the doctors. Please be kind and stop over to the club and make an appearance to Kiki’s baby shower. Thanks love, bye.” Kale could have sworn again but just decided to roll his eyes and said to himself yeah, yeah.  As Kale dried off he heard his coffee pot beep. “Thank God, with the day I’m going to have I need to fuel up”. He slid his pants over his well toned thighs and went down to the kitchen. Kale pulled out a mug and started pouring his first cup of coffee when Blake came in. “Don’t you ever lock your door?” Blake said. “I don’t want you to hit that face of yours on it when you walk right in.” Kale responded and handed him a mug. “Pour your own; I’ve had a fantastic morning”. Blake looked at Kale and asked what the agenda was for the day. Kale ran over everything and grabbed another cup of coffee. “The house was bought by the city without looking into the next of kin?” Blake asked. “Maybe the owner didn’t have any family?” Kale said back. “Maybe the owner was never married or had kids”. Kale added. Blake looked at Kale, “Yeah, maybe your right”. Blake still looking at Kale and said with a smirk and a tone that he knew would get to Kale “Let’s get going so the boss doesn’t yell”. “I am the Boss” Kale said as he went to get a shirt. When Kale came back down Blake was on the phone, “Hey, can you stop by Chase’s and give him a lift?” “What for, that dickhead has a car” “He’s taking it to the shop, tranny’s going on it he thinks”. Kale picked up his shoes and with an annoying voice said “Yeah, tell him I’m on my way.” Blake relayed the message and told Kale he’d be at the house in a few; he was going to stop to get donuts.

            Kale had picked up Chase and was pulling into the driveway of the old house. “Damn! This house is huge, it’s not a house it’s a freaking mansion” Chase said as Kale parked his truck. “Yeah, wonder what they want done to it? It looks fine from out here” Kale said as he walked to the front door and speaking out loud to himself “Keys in the mailbox with a list of things to be done”. Kale pulled out the keys and the list. He was looking over it when Blake pulled up, parked and got out of his truck. “The Gods are looking down on us boys and is giving us a fat wallet to boot” Blake said. “We got a lot of work ahead of us. Look at this list.” Kale passed the list to Chase as Blake came over to look at it as well. “You guys get the tools out while I take a peak at the holes” Kale said.