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Finlay moved quickly ‘Slon Letthe door open on the fridge and started eht into it ‘Why don’t you find a cupboard to put soet started on the main room’

She was like a ind He had no idea what tiy He shook his head ‘I think we should look at the bedrooms’

Her hands froze e She dipped back and stared around the door at him ‘What?’

He shook his head and laughed ‘That didn’t come out quite the way I meant it to You o to the here I turned the heating on The beds will all be stripped down I’ll need to find the sheets and bedding and make them up’

She started restocking the fridge and looked a will be?’

He nodded ‘It’s all vacuum-packed so I think it should be okay I’ room’ He’d said rooms deliberately He didn’t want to make Grace uncomfortable

Grace closed the fridge door ‘Okay, then, let’s go’

He flicked the lights on as they walked down the corridors Sos ‘This place feels like the Haunted House at one of the theme parks’

Grace shivered He stopped walking ‘I’m sorry, did I scare you? I didn’t mean to’

She looked surprised ‘No, I’m not scared, silly, I’m cold’

Of course She’d taken her coat off and left it in the hall The whole house was still bitterly cold He opened the first door and gulped It was every bit as bad as the sitting roohed

‘Let’s try another,’ he said

So they did The next room wasn’t quite so bad It only took him a few moments to realise why He walked over to the fireplace ‘This room has a chimney—a real fire There’s still a chimney sho comes in once a year to clear all the chimneys Between that—and the fact there’s still so means it’s not quite so bad’