Best Laid Plans by Tamie Dearen

Author:Tamie Dearen [Dearen, Tamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: chick lit, new adult, relationships, love
Publisher: Tamie Dearen
Published: 2014-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

WHEN JOSH SAW EMILY skiing down with Jace, he knew Charlie was avoiding him. Not that he cared. It was for the best, wasn’t it? Hadn’t that been his plan? His chest swelled with pride as his nephew skied toward him, making parallel turns.

“You look great, Jace. Are you ready to ski blues now?”

“Yeah! I already skied a blue. And I didn’t even fall except for one time and that was because there was a rut in the snow, Aunt Charlie said.”

“And what did you do with your Aunt Charlie? She didn’t come back with you.”

“She’s hiking to the top of that mountain,” he pointed to a peak that was totally obscured by the snow clouds. “And she’s gonna ski down with her camera on while she talks to me. And I get to watch the video tonight.”

Josh felt a lead weight settle in his stomach. He stared into the cloud as if he could somehow spot her and know she was safe.

Emily was watching him with unveiled interest. “She knows what she’s doing. She’ll be okay.”

“Sure,” Josh said. “I wasn’t worried about her—I was just checking out the clouds. I think it may snow again.”

“Good,” said Emily, sliding down to stop beside him. “I’m glad you’re not worried, and I’m not worried either. At least, not too much. I mean... I’m sure she skis fine when she’s upset. She’s a pro at this stuff. She won’t get distracted and make a mistake or anything.”

“She’s upset?” He peered harder, irritated with the cloud for blocking his vision.

“You know, you wouldn’t be able to see her anyway, even if there weren’t any clouds. She’s climbing so high up there she’d be like an ant. I guess maybe if you had binoculars.”

“How long will it take her to climb?” he asked.

“I’m not sure. I think she said it would take a couple of hours. I only hope she doesn’t try to climb by herself.”

“She wouldn’t do that would she?” Josh asked, the weight in his stomach feeling heavier.

“I don’t know. She normally wouldn’t, but you know... since she’s upset and all...”

“Why’s she upset?”

“I really don’t know.” Emily shook her head and strained her eyes toward the high peak. “But she sure was upset... I guess it could be bad, with her crying and all. Probably fog up her goggles. Oh well, nothing we can do about it.” She smiled. “Might as well go have lunch.”

Emily managed to keep a straight face as she observed Josh’s normally tanned face blanch while he continued to stare toward Charlie’s mountaintop. How interesting he was so concerned about her sister. Perhaps everything was not as it appeared.

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