The Mighty Quinns: Eli by Kate Hoffmann

Author:Kate Hoffmann
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

6

October

THE MOOD IN the cabin had been tense all morning. Eli and Lucy had awakened to a fresh coating of snow on the meadow and the first snowfall had brought Lucy’s spirits crashing down.

Her cabin wasn’t close to being done. The sod roof was nearly complete, but they hadn’t finished cutting the sod and once the ground froze solid, they wouldn’t be able to continue.

In truth, Eli was glad that the cabin project could finally be put aside. Though Lucy had worked so hard on it, the rush to finish it had put too much of a strain on her—and on their relationship. She’d worked in the cold and in the rain, until she was nearly exhausted, refusing to accept any help from him beyond the occasional bit of advice.

The production company had sent a new camera so that Eli could document her progress, but he didn’t like watching her gradually fall apart through the view screen. Strangely enough, the producers seemed much more enthusiastic about the latest batch of video. They were getting the drama they wanted, but it was at the expense of Lucy’s well-being.

Right now she was curled up in his grandmother’s old rocking chair, peering out the window at the snow, her feet tucked beneath her. With a deep sigh, she pushed out of the chair and walked over to the door, slipping her feet into her boots. The wind had picked up and the temperature had dropped, but she was still determined to go out and work.

“Stop,” Eli murmured.

She turned to face him. “How many times are we going to have this same argument? There’s too much work to do. I can’t stop. I need to finish.”

“Why? Lucy, you can’t live out there. The place has only got half a roof. The snow is coming in. Some of the chinking has to be redone, although at least the holes will be easy to find because the wind will blow through the walls. And you don’t have either a door or windows.”

“Well, maybe if we wouldn’t have spent so much time fooling around I would have finished it by now. Do you have any idea how many hours we wasted in that bed?”

Eli shook his head. God, she was just spoiling for a fight, but he wasn’t going to oblige. “I don’t consider that time wasted.” He pushed the chair back and stood. “If you want to get the cabin done, then let’s do it. I’ll help you. We’ll work until we finish it.”

“No,” she said. “I have to do it myself.”

“Then you’re not going to finish. Winter is coming and you can’t finish the cabin when you’re knee-deep in snow. I suggest you accept the fact that the cabin will have to wait until spring and move on.”

She grabbed her jacket and slipped into it, then shoved her hands into her gloves. “Come on, Riley.”

The dog looked up from his spot next to the fire, then yawned and put his head back down on his paws.

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