A Home Restored

Talia POV Continued

The roof had been repaired. The walls were solid. The windows had been replaced. The old holes in the wooden floor were gone. A proper door hung from its frame, and smoke stains had been scrubbed from the chimney.

I stared. I couldn't speak. Rolf stepped beside me. “Surprise.”

I slowly turned toward him. “How?”

He shrugged. “You've been busy.”

“But you couldn't have done all th