Midnight Angel [Jenlisa FF]

~'~'~ Chapter 7 ~'~'~

Dumping her plate in the sink, Lisa walked back to the living room. She stopped when she saw her camera bag, a sudden idea occurring to her. Without thinking too much about it, she grabbed the bag and then climbed the stairs all the way up to the attic.

Once there, Lisa set the bag down and walked over to one of the boxes of stuff she had yet to unpack. Pulling out one of her tripods, she paused for a second and wondered what the hell she was doing. Instead of stopping, though, she carried the metal object over to the door to the balcony.

Lisa propped the door open with a heavy book and then set the tripod up just inside the attic so that it was protected from the weather. After getting it situated, she removed her camera from the bag and put in a fresh roll of thirty-six exposure film. She fiddled with the settings so that it would take a picture every half hour before attaching it to the tripod and focusing it down onto the beach below.

Having completed the crazy task, Lisa backed away a step. She stared at the set-up and again questioned her sanity for what she was doing. With a shake of her head, she left it there, and quickly retreated to her bedroom, determined to go get some sleep.

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Someone shaking her woke Lisa the following morning. Her eyes snapped open as she grabbed at the obnoxious person's wrist, halting their movement. Looking up, she saw one of the construction workers trying to back away from the bed.

"What the hell are you doing in my room?" Lisa demanded, glaring at the intruder.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Manoban," the man apologized quickly. "But there is some guy downstairs with a delivery truck wanting to speak to you."

"Did he say what he wanted," Lisa bit out in annoyance.

"N-no," he stuttered, slightly wary of his boss. "He just said he wanted to talk to you."

"Fine. I'll be down in a minute," groaned Lisa before glancing at the clock. she was shocked to see it was almost eleven in the morning. Somehow, she'd managed to sleep through the entire night and most of the morning despite the workers being present.

Lisa waited for the worker to leave her room before climbing out of bed and throwing on whatever she could find to wear. Upon descending the stairs and seeing who was waiting for her, she sighed loudly, already knowing it was going to be a long morning.

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Four hours later, the relatively minor catastrophe had been dealt with, but not without some yelling and diverting of construction workers to handle the situation. The delivery man that had shown up that morning had been there to deliver Lisa's new Jacuzzi, a Jacuzzi that hadn't been meant to be delivered for another two weeks. Some sort of paperwork mix up, though, had it waiting virtually on her doorstep this morning.

Lisa had tried to get the man to take the hot tub back, but that was an unsuccessful venture. So instead, a few of the renovators had to be sequestered to clean off the back patio to make room for the large object. Then, they'd all run around like monkeys with their heads cut off trying to get the damn thing set up properly. If Lisa hadn't been so annoyed by it all she would have found it funny.

Now, as Lisa stood on the back patio staring at the expensive monstrosity, she couldn't help but laugh over the fact that she'd even bought it in the first place. It was a guilty pleasure, she supposed. Having spent most of her time traveling in years past, plus living in a condo, she'd never been able to have one. So, she'd bought the thing on a whim, thinking it would be a nice way to relax. She could have done without all the hassle it caused, though.

Lisa considered testing out the new hot tub, but before she could, the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Umm, hi. Is this Lisa?" the caller asked.