"Fair. I'm pretty good with a paintbrush, is there anything else I should add? Like, a chicken with sunglasses, dabbing?" It was completely a joke.
She giggled. "Yes. Please add that to the north-facing side of the coop." She spun the CAD design around so the blank north wall was visible. She threw in a rough outline of a chicken. "You'll have to fill in the details."
"Seriously?"
"Yes, do it. You offered, and now you have to do it."
"Ugh. Okay."
She beamed up at me, and it made it so worth it. Plus, I never got to be creative with my work, and Bethany would love it. Or hate it, which was the same thing.
"Okay. Do you have a list of materials?"
Erin clapped her hands together. "I do! Let's go shopping!"
***
My truck couldn't hold all the materials, of course, but I was glad it was
