Jason turned away to read the house.
It was built in the genre of a Mediterranean villa but with a heavy Moorish influence that indicated it had been constructed in the twenties.
The interior was dark & opulent. He could imagine one of the old silent-screen vamps at home with the slimstained-glass windows, arched doorways, & wrought-iron grillwork. The study room had priceless Persian carpets on the floor, custom-made chairs with leather upholstery, & an antique samovar over the fireplace. It was a perfect locale for a person with a Valentino complex. It was not his locale to judge; he was making an observation, but lucius, the homeowner, had called the heating specialist for home services. It would include boiler maintenance & duct sealing, then during his work working on heating equipment in unusual sites, Jason had seen a lot of homes, but this one was in its league. Lucius was not in, but the housekeeper led him to the heat pump replacement. The electric heat pump looked fairly new. The HVAC duct, but, was a little older & needed some work, and jason inspected the heating component & also fine-tuned the wireless temperature control. Lucius had done an excellent job when it came to maintaining the electric heater. Everything went smoothly with the electric Heating & Air Conditioning, & he was on his way to another home where the caller said she needed an Heating & Air Conditioning specialist for furnace maintenance & a new HEPA filter. He automatically gave energy-saving tips out of habit & gave free advice on the unusual Heating & Air Conditioning products for sale. Life as an Heating & Air Conditioning serviceman had never been better. The workflow was great, & he had received a salary increase; maybe it was time he commanded to Layla. Still, what was the hurry? He was a young man, & contrary to what people said, at thirty-five he still had time to dally.