Her Alaskan Hero (An Alaskan Hero Novel Book 1) by Rebecca Thomas

Author:Rebecca Thomas [Thomas, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-25T07:00:00+00:00

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ZAK TURNED the key and they continued toward Gold Creek. Whatever was going on with Sabrina, he was determined to cheer her up. He yelled over his shoulder, “Where do you want to go first?”

“I don’t care.”

The grocery store and the café were right next to each other. Tourists were always shocked by the price of groceries in rural Alaska. They’d start there.

He pulled up in front of Harold and Robin Ackermann’s store and shut off the engine.

“Wow,” Sabrina said. “I walked from the runway to your place, so I only saw the town from the air. It sure is small.”

“Yes, it is. I’ll take you inside Ackermann’s store, then we’ll go to the café.”

“Sounds great.”

Zak decided to grab a gallon of milk to take back to the lodge. Sabrina seemed to like scrambled eggs, so he’d make her some more. Plus he always liked the shock value of how much money a gallon of milk cost.

They strolled down the narrow walkways of the tiny store and Zak reminded himself Sabrina was leaving soon, and there was no reason to get involved in her problems or her life. He could take vacation days like Ethan suggested, but then he’d only get more attached to her and there was really no point. She’d move on with her life, he’d move on with his—separately.

He took a gallon of milk from the shelf. “I’ll grab some milk, as our shipment from Fairbanks isn’t due till later this week.”

“You don’t buy all your groceries here?” she asked.

“Nope. Somebody makes a trip to Fairbanks once a week for groceries, but I buy a few things here when we need them.”

“I’m used to seeing huge grocery stores. This is so small,” she said.

“Yep, it’s a grocery store, hardware store, book store, gift store, just-about-everything store. Most of the food we need, we have flown in from Fairbanks or Anchorage.”

“Do you do the shopping for the lodge yourself?”

“No, we hire someone to do that. Our cook does most of it. But he’s off this week since the hunters are gone. He’ll fly back with a bunch of groceries at the end of the week.”

“That sure is a lot of planning.”

They walked to the checkout counter. “Hello, Harold,” Zak said. “Let me introduce you to Sabrina Tate. My guest at the lodge.”

Harold was an old gold miner who’d been one of the first people to settle in Gold Creek. He retired from being a schoolteacher to live away from the big city and from people. “Happy to meet you, Sabrina Tate. Welcome.”

“Thank you. Glad to meet you too, Harold,” Sabrina said and extended her hand.

Harold didn’t usually take much interest in tourists, but his face lit up when he clasped Sabrina’s hand. Figured.

Harold ran off most of his customers through pure orneriness. But Zak doubted Harold had had anyone this pretty in his store for months, maybe even years.

Sabrina glanced behind Harold to the bumper stickers displayed on the wall. “‘Canada, my ass—it’s Alaska’s Gas,’” she read.

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