At first the narrator resents Timmerman after he moves into the room vacated by her grandfather who had moved into senior citizen housing. But she comes to like Timmerman and takes a black eye defending him. What is Timmerman doing at night with a spade and a dirty sack? Spring reveals the secret after Timmerman has moved on.
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