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"This is a!" I said "You’ve been busy in the past few months"

Adaanized a rush job"

I raised uests?"

"Yep," he said, watching me closely "You"

My heart stuttered a little bit but I wasn’t quite sure whether it was froe undertaking in a short amount of time, a major modification to part of his home--for me But it was for me to live in… to stay in To sleep in Alone While he slept down the hall

I turned away from him so he wouldn’t see the mixed emotions on my face, walked out of the bathrooe s at the view that looked out on part of the Back Bay of Newport Harbor Sailboats wereday of leisure on the ocean Small electric boats full of tourists and locals alike were tootling along the caler motorboats

"The best part about this roo up behind me

"They are nice s," I said quietly

He picked up what looked like a rehtstand "But they are not als Sometimes they are a wall" He pressed a button and suddenly the ent opaque and turned a flat eggshell color, as if part of the wall We stood in seht behind us

"What the hell just happened?" I said, confused

"No blackout curtains necessary Just hit this button at night and the roo Or you can even put it on a tiain at a certain tiht in…" He pressed another button and the as back, only with a frosted, muted effect