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“Did you know about this?” I pace down the hallway.
“Which this are we talking about?”
“The new AC unit attached to my house that Ryan had put in. Someone let them into my house.”
“Yeah, I knew. No, I’m not getting in the middle of it. I just do what I’m told. You needed it anyway. It’s an oven in that house.”
“Should I feel guilty about this?”
“Did you ask him to do it for you?”
“No.” I roll my eyes and walk back down the hallway. “I didn’t mention it. I did tell him that it was hot in here, but I didn’t ask him for anything.”
“Then no, you shouldn’t feel guilty. Ry likes to do things like this. Just enjoy it.”
“I will.” I sigh and return to the kitchen and then frown as I sniff. “Uh, Mac?”
“Yeah?”
“It smells like gas in my kitchen.”
“What? Jesus, get out of that house, Poll. I’m calling the gas company now, and I’m on my way over.”
“Okay. It’s always something in this place, I swear.”
I hang up, grab my purse, and walk out to the sidewalk. When I get there, my phone rings.
“Hello?”
“This is Matt from the gas company. I hear you have an issue in the kitchen?”
“Yeah, I smell gas in there. My stove is gas, but it’s been broken, and I haven’t used it in a long time.”
“Okay, I have someone on their way to you. Are you outside?”
“I am.”
“Good, stay out there until my tech gets to you, just to be on the safe side. He should be there in about ten minutes.”
“Okay, thanks a lot.”
I hang up and sigh. Leave it to me to get a brand-new air-conditioning unit, and on the same day, my house blows up from a gas leak.
That would be my luck.
I turn at the sound of a vehicle approaching and see my brother pull up to the curb and walk over to me, his face grim.
“I’ll go in and double-check,” he says.
“Smart. I’ll be damn embarrassed if the smell was all in my head.”
Mac walks inside and, just a few seconds later, comes right back out. “It’s there for sure. I wonder what happened.”
I shrug just as another truck approaches, and I’m relieved to see that it’s the tech with the gas company.
“Hey, folks.” He reaches into the truck and comes out with a black box. “I’ll go in and measure for gas first, and we’ll go from there.”
“Thank you.”
