This Never Happened - Julia Kent by Julia Kent

Author:Julia Kent
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The nice part about working at an enormous ski resort was the trails in the woods. With the tiniest presence of mind, Shelly grabbed her coat, gloves and hat before she high-tailed it out of the office. A light snow made the walk outside easier, and a deep breath of cold air helped to center her.

Her legs ate up the ground, an inch of newly-fallen snow completely covering the trail, which was now just a wide indent in the white blanket. The flakes that fell were small and compact, but there were so many. Half a mile and seven minutes later she slowed her pace, her breathlessness to blame for walking so quickly.

And not only from that kiss.

Damn it. Why did Mike have to hire Jamie of all people? Weren’t there a million accountants out there in central Massachusetts? He had to pick the one she had a heartbreakingly stupid crush on?

And the only man she’d ever willingly kissed.

The whole situation spiraled out of control inside the confines of her ribs, an ache she couldn’t pin down. The top of her hat began to feel heavy with snow and her face felt beautifully cold. Good. She needed to become so cold she’d numb herself to the raging emotions inside her.

She walked another mile, then two, letting the minutes unravel behind her like an old sweater with a hole in it that needed to be fixed.

Madge had taught her to knit when she was fifteen, declaring it the only useful art in the world.

“Anything that can be used to make a sweater and scratch your back at the same time has to be good,” she’d declared. “Even better—just marry a guy who knits and has strong fingernails,” she’d cackled, making Shelly blush.

Why was she thinking about Madge? And knitting? She raced down the trail at a half-run, her eyes catching little half-full animal tracks. The bunnies ran free here, along with some fox and coyote, though they stayed far away from the ski area.

Shelly’s boots ate the ground beneath her, but she slowed, suddenly a bit on edge.

The woods seemed darker than usual. She snagged her phone from her back pocket and looked at the time. It wasn’t even three yet. Why was the light changing?

A sudden gust of wind blew a mouthful of slanting snow in her face, the pace of snowfall quickening.

For a split second all she saw was white.

The wind died down briefly, leaving her with a view of the trees through the thick snowfall, but the darkness made her skin prickle. That wasn’t from the cold. It came from the realization that she was at least a forty-minute walk from the resort’s offices and out on a trail in what looked like the beginnings of a a nasty snowstorm.

Why hadn’t she checked the weather this morning? Her entire routine was thrown off now that Jamie was here. Rooting herself in place, she forced herself to calm down.

Could she run back in time?

The sky darkened more, the trees overhead making a canopy.

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