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you sure you know how to use those clippers, or were you trying to let the neighbors think that you do?”
    Their mother would never approve of either of her children doing anything remotely close to manual labor.  Their parents’ property was properly maintained by a service once a week. They also had a cook and housekeeper who took care of all the chores inside the massive house, leaving their mother all the time in the world to live the life of the perfect pampered housewife.  Something she took great pride in.
    Mac teased her right back, refusing to let Brooke off the hook. “I won’t tell her about your gardening if you don’t tell her about mine.” They both laughed and made their way into the house.
    After grabbing two bottles of water from the stainless steel refrigerator and handing Lucas a beer, Mac moved over to the island where the construction plans were laid out. 
    “You went with Harper Construction I see. They do great work. It looks like you’re doubling the size of the house,” Lucas mused, looking over the plans.
    “Pretty much.  I like the kitchen as is, but having that little nook as the only eating area isn’t enough. It’s enough for me right now, but I don’t plan on always living alone.  Besides, the living room is way too small, so we’re blowing the wall out, expanding the living room and putting in a formal dining room and an office on the main floor.”
    Mac flipped to another set of plans.  “The master is nice upstairs, but again too small, and there’s no master bath. I’m having a bigger master suite built above the new living room, along with another bedroom, so four bedrooms in total when it’s done. Oh, and thanks for the recommendation on Harper’s, too. I’ve been nothing but impressed with Alec and his crew so far.”
    “They do top-notch work, built my house and Ryan’s, they’re old family friends, too. Their parents also have a house on the lake. Alec, his siblings, Ryan and I raced around this lake wreaking havoc on the neighbors when we were kids.” He chuckled in remembrance.
    Brooke leafed through the pages and pulled out another set of drawings. “What’s this one for?”
    “Oh, I’m having a walk-out built out of the foundation. A family room, gym, galley kitchen and guest suite down there similar to Lucas’s. I realized it’s nice for guests to have a place to go. A space to stay out of the way,” he said, with a knowing look at Brooke. He hadn’t wanted to stay at Lucas’s last summer having been extremely uncomfortable knowing his sister was sleeping with Lucas down the hall.  The guest suite in the basement made his stay much easier for everyone.
    “Well, it looks like you’ve got everything all planned out. Now you need to live through the construction.” She bumped her shoulder with his.
    “That will be the tough part. They said they wouldn’t start knocking down the interior walls until the addition was completed on the outside. But it’s going to be a lot of dust and mess to be living in.  Maybe I should see if they can complete the downstairs first to give me a place to stay out of the way,” he said as an afterthought.
    Brooke mused. “Might be a good idea.” Then she changed the subject. “So, save any lives lately?”
    Mac was on to her games. She was trying to prevent him from bringing up their honeymoon resulting in Lucas making her blush again. Picking on his career was one of their secret jokes since their father was a cardiologist and had looked down on the fact Mac was a pediatrician.
    He saw the twinge of guilt cross her face after she said it though. The last several months her relationship with their father had gotten so much better. Their father was trying.
    Like everything else in Mac’s life, he laughed off Brooke’s comment. He never took anything their parents said or did seriously, unlike Brooke. She had a harder time letting things go.  “No lives saved this week. Though, I managed to carry a little