on the walls.
The switches were slightly lower than usual.
These were minor differences.
Most people might never have noticed.
I noticed them all.
I turned around.
“What part of this house have you changed?”
Wendell rubbed the back of his neck.
“A lot.”
“Show me.”
He hesitated.
“Winnie—”
“Show me.”
And he did it.
The living room floor had been replaced with smooth parquet flooring.
The narrow corridor had been widened by almost thirty centimeters.
In the bathroom, he had installed a walk-in shower with a built-in bench. Reinforcements had been added behind the walls to later attach grab bars.
“Finally?” I asked.
He looked embarrassed.
“I haven’t yet decided whether you consider grab bars a sensible or insulting solution.”
“Both.”
“I suspected as much.”
The opening of the bedroom door was also wider.
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