"Our new home sweet home."

Emma slowed as the road veered to the right and she stayed to the left and passed through the old white wooden picket fence on either side of the driveway. Emma whistled when they approached the huge eight room two story colonial.

She'd done three virtual tours of it, one with Eric who only grunted any time she pointed something out. The last one she had done while screen sharing with Robin, the owner of the house and their new next door neighbor.

But even though the tours showed the outside, she was amazed at how large the house was.

"I still can't believe we're getting this for fifteen hundred a month.

Look at the size of it!" She exclaimed.

“Oh, there's a reason it's cheap," he muttered.

She knew what he was referring to, it had crossed her mind several times as well, but she'd told herself not to be a fool and lose out because of it.

"That's weird, that house over there is identical." Eric pointed to the house less than fifty yards from their new abode.

"ALL this farmland out this way and those two houses are next to each other."

"Robin, the landlord lives here. She owns both houses. I think an ancestor built them for the family. We're supposed to meet her at our place for the keys, but we're a couple hours early. We'll probably have to go over there.

"Oh."

"I know I told you that, but you never listen to anything I say these days."

"What?" Eric asked, then seeing her glare at him added, “Kidding.”

“Smart ass," but she laughed.

"Well maybe you'll start listening now seeing things are going to be different.”

"Different doesn't mean better." The smile left his face to be replaced by the sullen look he'd had for the last three months.

"Just a different kind of suck."

“Okay.” Emma, slammed the breaks, causing the explorer to fishtail in the dirt and the U-haul to wobble again. She threw the car into park, and removing her sunglasses, turned to face him.

“What are you doing?"

“See that house?" Emma pointed to it.

"Know what it is?"

“A good deal according to you."

"No, Eric, it's a new start for both of us and because it is, you and I are not stepping foot into it until we talk."

"Here in the driveway?"