Lycos by Kris Michaels

Author:Kris Michaels [Michaels, Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947178601
Publisher: KMRW LLC
Published: 2019-07-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Bethanie catapulted into a sitting position. Never again. Never. She picked up Ethan's leg and pushed it off her. She'd been kicked, hit, and rolled on, for the last hour and a half. Snow ice cream before bed was never going to happen again.

She rolled off the side of the bed and padded into the bathroom. Not because she needed to use the facilities, but because she needed a small bubble of her own space if only for a moment. When she padded back toward the bed, she thought better of it, especially since Ethan was now spread eagle in the center of the mattress.

She pulled the bedspread off the bottom of the bed and wrapped it around her. The couch was calling her name. With the bedspread draped over her head and hiked up in her arms so she could walk, she headed to the door. Dog moved away from the threshold as she approached. She stopped and watched the dog trot over and hop up onto the foot of the bed. “You're going to get kicked,” she muttered, and the dog huffed in response and made a circle three times before he lay down. The animal was wicked smart, except in this. He was going to get kicked. “Don't bite him, and don't say I didn't warn you.”

She yawned so hard her entire body shook. Shuffling down the ramp, she made a beeline to the couch only to pull up short.

“What are you doing up?” Ryan set aside a notebook and patted the cushion next to him.

“I could ask the same question.” Bethanie shuffled over to the couch and settled into the seat.

“I'm working on a design for that chamber.” He motioned to an area past the fireplace that was walled off from the rest of the living areas.

“What are you going to make?” She'd walked into the isolated cave when he was taking measurements the other day. It was bigger than her New York apartment.

“I was thinking maybe a hydroponics garden.”

“Really?”

He smiled at her when she jumped up on her knees. “See, there is this woman in my cave who knows a shit-ton about plants, how to grow vegetables and herbs, the medicinal uses for them, and the practicality of raising sustainable produce. For a person in my situation, that’s useful knowledge, so I started to do some research.”

“Really? Oh, I’d love help you. I have three books on my Kindle about hydroponics. The system doesn’t have to be elaborate to function well, and you could mix the plantings to allow maximum yield. Wait! You could use the hot spring because the minerals would help feed the roots!” Never had she put her ideas forward with such enthusiasm. With Harvey, she’d learned never, ever, to put her ideas forward at all. Oh, God. All the old knee-jerk feelings of vulnerability and self-ridicule swallowed her excitement. She snapped her mouth shut. Crap, she needed to shut up. This wasn’t her home.

“What? What just happened there?”

Bethanie deflated against the back cushion of the couch.

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