Her Kind of Hero by Janice Carter

Author:Janice Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Forever Romance
Published: 2019-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

PEOPLE WERE STILL arriving as Dana walked along the lodge’s hall to the meeting. She waved to Gayle and June, who were carrying bins of supplies through the dining hall into the kitchen, and exchanged a smile and hello with Rob, the swim instructor. Kristen was placing the folders and handouts around the table when Dana entered the room.

“Hi, Dana. Great job on these counselor packages! I love the colors.”

“Oh, thanks, Kristen, but I think Maria planned the color coding. I just noticed what she had and went with it.”

“Well, good idea. Here, can you do the other side of the table?” She handed Dana some folders.

They worked silently until Kristen suddenly asked, “Is Matt here?”

“No idea.”

“You didn’t come with him?”

“No.”

Kristen shrugged. “Oh. Just wondered.” Then, breaking the awkward moment, she added, “Okay, guess we’re finished here. I’m going to see if Gayle and June need any help in the kitchen. How about you?”

“Maybe I’ll take my backpack to the girls’ cabin.”

“Sure. I’ve already got my stuff there. I took the cot by the window. Hope that’s okay.”

Dana stared blankly from across the table. She’d forgotten that there’d be a second nighttime supervisor. The first challenge of the weekend.

By the time she’d unpacked and returned to the lodge, everyone was milling about in the meeting room, chatting. Most seemed to know each other, perhaps from the past summer, but a young man and woman stood by themselves in the background. Newcomers, Dana figured, and almost felt like an old-timer.

Matt’s arrival and “Hi, folks!” brought the talk to an end. He stood in the doorway, scanning the room to see if all were present. His eyes fell briefly on her and he smiled. The simple expression was enough to ease some of her regret about the way they’d parted at the coffee shop the other day.

He introduced the new people—Tony, who had experience working with special needs children and Cathy, who was helping in the kitchen. “This weekend’s group of kids is more diverse than the last, reflecting the range of backgrounds we’ll have all summer,” he said, “and the age range for the group is nine to eleven, though most of the kids are ten. You may see some kids who came last weekend, because we wanted to fill all the spaces and there were some special requests.”

He paused, changing his tone. “I was late today because there was a small problem with a couple of the boys at the drop-in, where the buses were waiting. I won’t go into it now but would like to meet briefly with the boys’ night supervisors—Tony and Andy—after I finish up here. Fortunately, the girls are a cohesive bunch and I don’t anticipate any issues with them.” He glanced over at Kristen and Dana. “Okay, so let’s walk through the handouts that Dana here has put together for us.”

Dana gave a quick smile as all eyes turned her way. Matt continued his account of the weekend’s events, but Dana’s attention was

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