As for the condition of the cracked cement path to his mother’s door, she had told him the month before that she intended to have the sidewalk torn out and replaced with longer lasting concrete the minute she save any extra money.
Thomas mused that the monies she would get from his discovery would give her the opportunity to refurbish the walkway as soon as the first payment was disbursed. The porch itself was as solid as the day it had been built. The handsome maple flooring had been stripped of varnish by sanding to its original smoothness, then soaked with preservative and re-varnished when she had the contractor restore it, so it looked as good as if it had just been constructed.