When Snow Falls by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Mira
Published: 2012-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

17

Cheyenne had planned to go in to work for a couple of hours. Although he had no help, since Jacob was spending his Saturday at a friend’s house, Riley was there. But she’d overslept and, because of that, had decided to restructure her day. She didn’t really need to go to the inn. There was plenty of time to get ready for the grand reopening. And it was the holidays. With Christmas right around the corner, she had shopping and wrapping to do.

She was just finishing breakfast before heading to the closest mall in Sacramento when her sister wandered into the kitchen.

“Thought I heard you.”

“Sorry. Was I louder than usual?”

“No, I wanted to catch you before you left.” She squinted at the clock on the wall. “Wow, it’s after noon?”

Cheyenne swallowed the last of her frosted wheat cereal. “Yeah. I’m not going to work today. I’ve got some errands to run before Christmas.”

A strange expression came over Presley’s face. She folded her arms and leaned against the wall.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Feeling awkward and immediately aware of the secret she was keeping—also known as Dylan—Cheyenne set down her spoon.

“What’s going on with you these days?” Presley asked.

She drew her eyebrows together to add another degree of believability to her act. “Nothing. Why?”

“You’ve been different since your friends left. Everything okay?”

Breathing a sigh of relief, she got up and put her bowl and spoon in the dishwasher. For a second, she’d worried that her sister was going to call her out on their tempting neighbor. “Fine.”

“You sure?”

Cheyenne slipped on her coat, which she’d draped over a chair. “Yes.”

“Because Aaron told me something last night that has me a little confused.”

Now she was nervous again. “Last night? I thought you were working.”

“I was. I stopped by his place on my way home.”

“What did he have to say?” She didn’t want to ask. She was afraid Dylan had told his brothers about their romantic liaison. It would certainly be a fitting revenge....

“That he saw Dylan’s bike here last weekend.”

“Here?” she echoed. She didn’t know what else to say. At least Dylan hadn’t blown the whistle.

“In our driveway.”

Cheyenne pretended a sudden preoccupation with putting on lip gloss. He’d only been here for a couple of hours but, apparently, that had obviously been long enough for someone to notice his motorcycle. It was a miracle no one had spotted her car at his place on Monday—although he lived even farther from town, and not many people had to go by his place in order to get home. Except for Carl Inera, the ones who did wouldn’t be up and about that late.

“Do you know why?” Presley asked.

Cheyenne met her gaze. “Maybe he stopped by to see you.”

Presley’s eyebrows shot up. “In the middle of the night?”

“Sometimes you’re home.”

“I wasn’t on Sunday.” She shoved off from the wall and moved closer. “You’re not seeing Dylan Amos, are you, Chey?”

Cheyenne’s stomach tightened, which immediately made her regret eating. She couldn’t tell anyone, other than Eve, that she’d been with Dylan, especially Presley.

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