Free No Deal Breakers by Amanda

and freezer.
    "The decorating, the lost sock sign, the hat
and glove bin, your mom or your sister?"
    "You don’t think I know how to decorate?"
    "Honestly, no, probably not."
    He smiled and shut the refrigerator, "Both, I
repainted and put in all new appliances when I took over back in
June, they all came to visit last month for Christmas and all they
did was complain at the lack of art and décor, I really couldn’t
care less about all that. They do, so they took it upon themselves
to go shopping and hang it all up. I don’t care one way or the
other," he shrugged, and added, "But, if you don’t like any of it,
you’re welcome to change it."
    "Actually, I love all of their choices. They
did a great job," The dinning room opened into the living room,
which was full of overstuffed suede furniture, it was all very
masculine, yet cozy, she could see herself here. There was a large
picture window with a seat in it near the front door, and family
photos and a few tasteful pieces of art adorned the walls. There
was a hallway on the opposite side of the room and a staircase with
a small landing at the top, and at the far end of the living room
were two doors on opposite sides of the wall.
    "I’ll finish showing you the main level, and
then we’ll go downstairs and then I’ll show you the upstairs, that
door goes downstairs." He pointed towards the one closest to the
hallway, "and this is my office, it has an exterior entrance, too.
So any clients, or my assistant, Helen, shouldn’t intrude on our
personal lives, though I can’t make any promises, you’ve met the
people in this town," he smirked and led her into his office.
    It was large, with plenty of windows, and two
desks, it even had its own half bath, Brian explained that it was a
new addition, as most of his clients lived closer to his house than
to his office, it just made sense to have two offices. That meant
he would be working from home a lot, and she had mixed feelings on
that.
    There were two bedrooms and a full bath on
the main floor, Brian had the master on that floor, which he said
had an en-suite bathroom, but she didn’t go in his room. There was
also a small den with floor to ceiling bookcases, crammed full of
books and a small leather sofa.
    Downstairs there were four more bedrooms, a
spacious family room complete with bar, pool table, fireplace and
giant TV, and one full, and one half bath. All of the rooms were
tastefully and modernly decorated, it turned out Genie and Julia
had taken the time to furnish and decorate every room. Brian
explained that they loved second hand and antique stores, and by
the looks of the house, they had a good eye for quality. When they
moved upstairs to finish their tour, she was surprised to find
three more bedrooms, and another bathroom.
     
    "Nine bedrooms? I was expecting a modest
four, maybe five bedroom house."
    "This isn’t the original house to the
property. The original house burnt down when my dad was young, my
granddad promised each of his kids their own room when they
re-built…they had eight kids. The bedrooms aren’t huge, but they
accomplished his goal."
    "Wow, I’ve never seen anything like it,
saying ‘nine bedrooms’ sounds like it should be colossal, but he
used the space well, it’s very…homey. I love it. I can’t wait to
check out the barns and other buildings in the daylight," she said
as she walked into the last of the bedrooms.
     
    It was breathtaking, one wall had French
doors leading out to a small balcony, it was too cold to go out on
tonight, but looking out the full-length glass she could see
nothing but glistening snow illuminated by the bright moon and
twinkling stars, for what seemed like miles. She knew right away
that this would be her room, she loved it.
    "May I have this room? I love these doors,
it’s so peaceful here."
    "Of course you can. I said you could have any
room you wanted. This has always been my favorite, too. It was my
room as a teenager. Julia and I would switch