The Wolf Hotel: Boxed Set (Books 1-4) by K.A. Tucker

Author:K.A. Tucker [Tucker, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.A. Tucker Books Ltd.
Published: 2018-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

“Everything’s all taken care of for the day.” Jean wipes the sweat from his weathered brow onto his forest green work pants. He’s shown up to work here in those same pants and burgundy plaid button-down every single day for years. The outfit’s always clean in the morning and filthy by day’s end. Either he has several pairs of the same, or he makes his poor wife do laundry every night.

“Thank you for keeping the farm going while we were away.”

He waves my words away as if it’s nothing, but the poor man looks exhausted.

“How’s Isabelle?”

Mention of his granddaughter seems to brighten his spirits a bit. “She’s a sweet little thing.” He beams. “Looks like her mother did when she was a baby.”

“Tell Jennifer I said hi.”

“Will do.” He ambles off toward his truck, an old red Ford pickup full of dents and dings.

And I sigh, taking in the view of the farm I’ve known all my life. It’s my favorite time to be here, when the air is warm and smells of freshly cut hay, and the grass is a dark green; when the flowers surrounding the vegetable gardens are lush and colorful. We cut them every week to dress the church for Sunday service.

I always found comfort here. Until this past February, that is, when I caught Jed cheating on me. After that, I dreaded coming back here. I flew all the way to Alaska just to avoid it.

Now? I don’t know what this feeling is. Nostalgia for a childhood gone, perhaps. The double-story farmhouse I’ve called home all these years sits ahead of me to the left, quiet and worn. It’s over a hundred years old, built by my great-great-grandfather and home to several generations of Mitchells. I can see that a few shingles are missing on the east side. Likely on account of a big storm that rolled through here a month ago, according to Mama. She mentioned damage to a barn roof, too. I’ll have to go and check that out.

We have three barns and four silos. The original barn, dating back to the same time as the house, is farther off to the side, some five hundred yards from our home. We use it for equipment now. That’s also where I make my soaps during the warmer weather, in a small workshop equipped with an electric stove and several tables.

The other two barns that house the animals and hay sit side by side, not too far from the house.

I make my way toward the front porch, dragging the backpack that I stuffed haphazardly in my rush out of Wolf Cove alongside me. While I had a shower at Henry’s, I wouldn’t say that time was spent actually getting clean.

“Abigail!”

Jed is jogging toward me from the path between our houses, his calf muscles straining as he navigates the uneven ground. He’s always been fit, but I would never have called him muscular, not like Henry, or even the outdoor crew guys. He’s obviously been going to the gym, though.

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