[ WP ] Moving Into a Neglected , Old House . What do you find while remodeling ? ( Cross post from r/Writers )

I posted in the cross post but here's my copy and paste: 
 
 `` I ca n't believe we invested all of our money on this house,'' my wife mumbled. We had spent all day painting the downstairs living quarters and were about to retire to our sleeping bags in what will eventually become our master bedroom. She was right, of course. We were in over our heads. The remodel was already costing far more than we planned, we still had no air conditioner, and we were months past our projected move-in date. This summer was not going to be fun. Not wanting to start an argument, I turned over and quickly went to sleep. 
 
 I ca n't tell you the exact time that I awoke that night, but I do know that the sun had not yet risen. I turned over on the dusty floor to find that my wife was no longer sleeping near me. Figuring it was a quick trip to the bathroom or a glass of cold water that had her up at this hour, I re-positioned my bones on the hard floor, and attempted to fall back asleep. Thirty minutes later, my wife was n't back and I was n't asleep. I decided to get up and investigate. 
 
 I found her on the first floor, in one of the rooms that we had spent all day painting. Where there should have been beautiful periwinkle paint, there was a gaping hole. A hole that was being further ripped open by my sobbing wife. `` I hate this color! I hate this house! I hate this life!'' she screamed as she tore chunks away from the wall. I ran to her, grabbing onto her arms and attempting to stop the damage. She fell into me, still sobbing, and we both collapsed to the floor. We were so in over our heads. We needed to talk. 
 
 I went to the kitchen to put the tea on. My wife sat on the floor facing the partially demolished wall. As she sighed, her swollen eyes caught on a glisten. There was something protruding from the jagged edge of the wall. She reached behind the wall and tugged. Her hand returned holding a tarnished skeleton key.
