i ran a bath . one of my first acts after the twins were born was to insist we build a separate bathroom for nathan and me , which entailed nathan sacrificing his wardrobe and knocking a hole in the wall .
nathn had been appalled ." we can't " he said .
"why not ? are walls sacred ?" it was five-thirty in the morning , and the twins had not slept much ," we must have somewhere that we smell nice ."
nathan sat up in bed with felix over his shoulder . " we always managed before ."
we. i ignored the small word that carried such weight . i leaned over and kissed felix and then nathan . the guesture please him ." okay ," he conceded ." new bathroom it is ."
if he was truthful , nathan loved the new bathroom - the marble , the honey travertine tiles , the glint of mirror and stainless , his separate basin ." see ?" i teased him .
" i take pleasure in small things ." he was smileing .
" in that case , i'll give you plenty of small things in which to take pleasure . carpets , curtains ..."
but i had gone too far , too fast , and the smile was quenched ." we must be careful , minty . things are bit tight ."
i kissed his mouth lingeringly . a judas kiss ." i promise ."
it had taken me four years , inch by inch , stealthy infiltration by sly addtion to redecorate the house - a bedroom painted in pretty yellow here , a chair recovered there - to achieve the transformation of nathan and rose 's house into nathna and minty's house .
in the days when rose and i had been friends - when she was my boss and editor of the boos section of the weekend .
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