Then I stood alone in the hallway trying to understand how our backyard could have been noisy while we weren’t even home.
Tom and I had bought the house four years earlier after months of searching.
The backyard had been what convinced us.
It was spacious, lined with mature trees, and came with a beautiful hot tub the previous owners had installed.
The first two years, we used it constantly.
Friday nights.
Quiet evenings after stressful days.
Sometimes we sat outside after dinner with a bottle of wine between us.
Then life became busier.
