Take Me to the Cabin by Kaci Rose

Author:Kaci Rose [Kaci Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Five Little Roses publishing
Published: 2023-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Phoenix

Today I’m loading up for a trip out to the river. I’ll be checking my fishing lines and putting them back out again, because I have about a week where I can gather the best fish to store for the year. Even though I can fish with a fishing pole any time, I prefer to fish with the lines. But I only have a small window. So, I’ve been out fishing every day this week, and I was hoping Jenna would join me today, but it doesn’t look like she’ll be here.

I packed a lunch for us, and plan on taking the four-wheeler along with a trailer hook-up. It means traveling, but I can bring more that way. I wait half an hour past when she should be here. I was hoping she’d see my family was different, and that I was different. My parents didn’t want me hanging out with people who acted like Jenna’s social circle for precisely the reasons she ran.

If Jenna can’t see I’m not controlling, that I’m different from her parents, I hope over time I can show her. I check my watch again. I can’t wait any longer, so I double-check my gear one more time and get ready to head out. Just as I sit on the four-wheeler, her car pulls into the driveway.

I stand, but I don’t move toward her car. I need to make sure she’s here to spend the day with me, not to let me down in person.

Jenna gets out of her car and we both stare at each other for a few minutes. Neither of us moves or speaks, but so much is said between us in other ways. Jenna is studying me as if seeing me through new eyes. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

I see a woman fighting to stand on her own two feet, even though it’s not the easiest path. She could’ve had all the money she ever needed or wanted. A society wife doing whatever she liked. But that isn’t her. She wants the path less traveled, and she wants to do it her way.

Breaking the spell, she reaches into her car and comes out holding up her camera. “I thought I could take some pictures with you today?”

For just a moment in the back of my head, there’s a warning bell telling me the only reason she wants to spend time with me is for the photos and to get more info for her book. But I push that thought away to worry about later. Right now, I want to simply enjoy her being here.

“That’s fine. Ready to go?”

She nods, and I secure her helmet. Being this close to her again makes me think of our time at the river, and I wonder if I can get her in the water again today. I probably shouldn’t push my luck.

Climbing on the four-wheeler, I help Jenna to sit behind me. Good lord, I don’t think I thought this through.

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