Chapter XXIX
June 22, 2025
Casey had done a great job redecorating the house. It no longer felt like it
belonged to an old person. Each room had a distinct personality. The walls were no
longer bare or plain white. She had covered all nail holes when she repainted it.
Something William would have never thought of.
The artwork on the wall was a mix of Casey and Sasha's paintings. Sasha took to
painting fast. Emily told him that it impressed her that their daughter found
something to keep her off her phone for hours at a time.
She even started doing the landscaping. William mowed the lawn and weed whacked but
never cared to put the effort into flowers or bushes. It felt like a whole new
home.
She had planted bushes by the walk leading up to the front door. She had a
three-foot-tall iron rod fence placed between the pavement and the bushes. William
started to feel pride in the exterior of his home. They no longer had the worst
yard in the neighborhood. The family who lived in the Mayfields’ old house held the
award.
“Be careful!” Casey yelled from the driveway.
William sat on the roof, grabbing leaves and sticks out of the gutter. He hadn't
wanted to do the job but both Sam and Sasha had turned down the fifty dollars he