High Stakes (High Mountain Trackers Book 2) by Freya Barker

Author:Freya Barker [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-17T18:30:00+00:00

Sixteen

Nella

I’m not going to lie and say I’m not concerned.

Learning over an early dinner we slapped together last night—after a mind-blowing afternoon in my bed—two people may have lost their lives at the hands of the same thieves who stole my sister’s motorhome, sent shivers down my spine. And not the good kind.

The problem is, I’m not ready to give up my search yet. Not after talking to the nice couple whose thirty-eight-foot Class-A was stolen from—according to Lorna and Jim Carmichael—the loveliest spot along the Kootenay River, just a few miles north of the Libby Dam, where Lake Koocanusa flows back into the Kootenay River on the US side of the border.

I got the names from the editor at the Libby Press, who had written the few short pieces I found on the thefts. In one of the articles she’d described the Carmichaels as a retired couple from Spruce Grove, Alberta—a small town just west of Edmonton—so they weren’t too hard to find.

Jim and his wife were quite willing to talk to me, especially after I mentioned what happened to my sister. They shared they’d stayed a few nights at Timberlane, the same campground I discovered Pippa stayed at, except the Carmichaels were there back in early July.

Still, it was a bit of a coincidence and I’d intended to see if I could connect with one of the other victims yesterday afternoon but got a little distracted.

I can’t stop the smile pulling at the corners of my mouth as I look at Fletch’s back standing at my stove, cooking us breakfast. He was already cooking when I walked out of the bedroom five minutes ago.

He’d stayed the night.

Other than that one time in college when my then boyfriend and I had fallen asleep after a night of too much drinking, I’ve never had a man sleep over. My choice, I never wanted the commitments that would inevitably follow. My life was balanced and predictable, which is the way I preferred it.

I never met a man I was willing to rock the boat for. Until now, I guess. In part because of Fletch, but perhaps a little more so because I’m starting to like who I am without the boundaries I set myself years ago. I certainly let go yesterday.

“What’s the smile for?”

He’s looking at me over his shoulder.

“Nothing in particular.”

He grunts, but despite the scowl on his face, I notice his eyes are dancing.

“That smells good. I’m getting hungry.”

My attempt to redirect the conversation proves successful when he turns back to the stove.

“It’s about done.”

Two minutes later he slides breakfast in front of me: a fluffy cheese, mushroom, and bacon omelet topped with thinly sliced tomatoes. I take my first bite as he returns with the coffeepot and tops me up before he sits down across from me at the tiny kitchen table.

“Tastes even better.”

He looks up and one corner of his mouth tilts up. “Good.” Then he digs into his own.

We eat in companionable silence until I catch the time on the stove clock.

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