She’s still too short to reach them. Mind you, when I bought this place, I had only myself in mind. I didn’t care that someone smaller than me couldn’t reach the cabinets because this was supposed to be my home away from home as long as I’m in Washington. But seeing Rory here, watching her read in that big leather chair or trying to reach something in the cabinet, I suddenly want to rip everything out and start over, build a place for me and for someone else too.

