Page 86 of Agony of Our Regret

“Oh, and have it open to the backyard so we can use that bathroom when we’re in the pool and avoid tracking watereverywhere.” Gavin pointed to Vince. “That can be my one thing if necessary.”

“It’s already in the plan.” Vince went to the altered floor plan and showed the door leading to the outside.

“If Vince already made sure one thing was there, it doesn’t count as your thing,” Sky told Gavin.

“I just knew you’d all want one,” Vince replied.

“Exactly, so it doesn’t count,” Sky shot back.

“There’s already a huge pantry,” Noah commented

“Not with cool stuff hidden inside,” Sky smirked.

Vince scoffed. “Oh, now the keg is hidden?”

Sky’s eyes widened. “It better be now!”

Vince shook his head but laughed.

“I know what I want.” Gavin beamed. “A library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves on at least one wall.”

I sat up and nodded. “And a reading nook.”

Vince contained his eye roll. “Fine.”

He leaned forward and stared at his design while Gavin and I air high-fived.

“There was always one thing I wanted my house to have growing up,” Luca began.

“What?” Sky laughed. “Your house had everything.”

“A secret room or passageway from one room to another.”

“Oh, my gosh,” I shrieked, making them all jump. “A room behind a bookcase!” I reached across Luca to get in Vince’s face. “Please, please, please!”

He chuckled and pushed me back. “It’s your money. You can waste it however you want.”

For the first time, I didn’t correct him that it wasourmoney and took the victory.

“We can figure out where we want it to go later.” Luca looked at Vince. “I’m counting that as mine.”

“What about me?” I asked.

Luca kissed my temple. “Stop trying to steal everyone’s.”

“I haven’t.”

“No, you’ve just added to each of ours,” Gavin pointed out. “You still need your own.”

“And Vince and Noah,” I reminded them.

“If the gym doesn’t count, then I want a workspace, either in the garage or maybe a shed outside,” Vince admitted.

“For tools and stuff?” Noah asked.

“Yeah, a place to build things or tinker where I don’t have to worry about making a mess.”

Luca nodded. “If there’s room to add on to the garages, that would make it easy to run power. Then you can also have a heater and AC and work year-round.”

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