Preparing the Way
Ezra looked at the house that he was moving into with satisfaction written all over his face. It had been three months since he and Chris had agreed to purchase the property next to his ranch and combine the too. Between cases and renovations, Ezra hadn’t been able to move into the house that was to be his until today. His team mates had agreed to help him move in today and then he had tomorrow to start unpacking.
The building was stone faced, not the flimsy façade of modern construction, but heavy stone construction of the turn of the century that would last forever, with a wide veranda running the length of the building. Ezra could just imagine sitting in a comfortable chair watching the sun set, relaxing after a hard day. Inside there were four bed rooms, large ranch style kitchen, and an absolute enormous living room. Grinning, Ezra entered the house to again look around and imagine what he wanted to do with the interior. There was a den he planned to use as an office and another smaller perfectly square room that might have served as an office for a former owner, but it was too small for Ezra to use it for that purpose, but he had plans for it.
Checking his watch, he realized that everyone would there in about half an hour. If he wanted to get everything set up, he was going to get at it.
Moving into the small room he surveyed it again, thing how perfect it would be. This was going to be his gallery. Nodding to himself, Ezra pulled out the tape measure, nails, and hammer he had brought with him. Carefully, he measured each of the walls, spacing two nails on each of the walls except the wall with the door. That wall only received one nail.
Finishing with about five minutes to spare he stepped to the center of the room, envisioning what it would look like when everything was finished. It was going to be perfect; he only hoped that the others would understand what this meant to him.
Hearing vehicles drive up outside, Ezra stashed the box of nails and hammer, and walked outside to greet his teammates…his brothers…his family.
