Chapter 445

She walked down the hall to the room where she and Stephano would argue until they had sorted everything out. The studs were not 2"x 4". They were 2" x 8" to accommodate the extra soundproofing. She walked into the children's bedrooms, and knew there were too many of them. Her mother said she would only have two children, but she could always adopt other less fortunate children and give them a happy home. As she was roaming around the house she was very pleased with the amount of work that had been accomplished. She told Brad she was very impressed.

Brad said, "Patty, you never looked up."

She knew the staircases were in, at both ends of the house were framed in, but they were still covered in construction paper. However, there were no handrails, or ropes to grasp onto. Carefully, she climbed the stairs, and stepped into the giant loft that ran the full length of the house. The trusses were made of manufactured wood, which is 100 times