“Gracious to all, to none subservient, without offence, he spoke the word he meant.”

– Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor

“Why did you do that?” she demanded. “Why did you let Jack take charge?”

“Oh, you know how Jack is,” he replied. “He likes to be the foreman.”

“But you know twice as much as he does about home repair!”

Mark’s daughter was right. She’d asked Mark to help with home renovations because he knew what he was doing. He was focused and meticulous. It was one of the reasons she hadn’t asked Jack, her father-in-law, to be involved in the project. Jack was slapstick and sloppy. He was also boastful of skills he didn’t tr...

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