Hand-Me-Down Love by Ransom Jennifer

Author:Ransom, Jennifer [Ransom, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Jennifer Ransom
Published: 2013-06-18T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

As Sean walked the trail, tears came to his eyes sometimes when he remembered Meredith. He’d never met anyone like her. She was so full of life, laughing and joking all the time. He got used to her jokes, which were often dry and wicked. It took him a second to get them sometimes, but when he did, he roared with laughter. He fell in love with her hard and she fell in love with him.

There were detour trails to spectacular views of the mountains, and Sean took them almost every time a sign pointed the way. On his third day hiking, he took one of the detour trails and sat on a rock overlooking the vista of mountains. Majestic was the only word to describe them. It was like he was on the edge of the world when he looked over the vast landscape of mountains as far as he could see. He was awed in their presence, as he had been when he had first viewed them as an eighteen-year-old.

Sean took a photo of the view with his iPhone. He would send it to his mother and Marla when he had cell phone service again. He didn’t know when that would be. He pulled some beef jerky from his backpack and looked at the incredible mountains. He missed Meredith. He missed Marla. He missed both of them, but he would never see Meredith again. Marla might be waiting for him.

Marla was still in college when Sean met her for the first time over at Bob and Cynthia’s. It was a supper visit and Marla had left soon after the meal to meet some friends in Mobile. The next time he saw her was at Thanksgiving. When Sean and Meredith announced their engagement, after the huge meal that Mrs. Anderson had cooked. Marla had jumped up from the table and hugged Meredith. She hugged Sean too. What a nice sister, he remembered thinking back then.

Sean moved up and down the trail, stopping sometimes to fill his water bottles at the natural springs. Most nights he was able to stay in a shelter, but a few nights he put his tent up in a campground area.

One afternoon, when Sean was thinking about making camp for the night, he heard a noise on the trail. He stopped, listening. There was a rustling noise up ahead. And then a black bear was on the trail, looking at him. It was February, but it was a warm February and black bears would come out of their sleep on warm days. Panicked, Sean tried to think back about everything he knew to do. Make a lot of noise, he remembered. He picked up rocks from the side the trail and beat them together, yelling at the top of his lungs at the same time. The bear looked at him, unmoving. Sean pulled off his backpack and opened the pocket that held his food. He grabbed packets of dehydrated fruit and ripped them open. The bear had not moved—yet.

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