Mountain Cure by Bethany Jadin

Author:Bethany Jadin [Jadin, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jadin Press
Published: 2019-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

11

“EARTH TO ADDIE.”

I blink a few times, realizing I’ve stopped walking and am just staring across the street at nothing. “Sorry, Natalie, I spaced out for a second there.”

“Hey, I’d have those dreamy eyes, too.” There’s a knowing smile on her lips.

As much as the guys keep to themselves, they have a very tight core group of friends, and that chosen family seems to revolve around Tank and Natalie. I doubt the guys keep much from them. And even if they did, she’s seen me together with all three of the brothers enough times to at least wonder.

I’m sure she has her guesses on how well the guys share. But there’s no judgement in her statement, no disapproval in her gaze as she looks at me — just curiosity and amusement and... something akin to glee, like she’s tickled pink about this development.

Still, an embarrassed blush flares up my cheeks, and I decide to change the subject. It’s very freeing to let go of all my inhibitions when it’s just me and the guys together in private, but it’s another thing to discuss those activities with someone else.

I like Natalie a lot, though. If my fantasy plans ever come to fruition and I do move here one day, I think we could become really good friends.

“Thanks again for showing me around to all these places,” I tell her. “There’s some great hand-crafted goods in these little stores. Not that expensive, either.”

A surprise phone call from Natalie this morning was just what I didn’t know I needed — she offered to show me around town, take me to some shops so I could browse for Christmas gifts, and have a girl’s day together. Hanging out with her has helped get me out of the funk of missing the guys. They’re not leaving until sometime today, but the clock started ticking for me last night, as soon as they dropped me off. I already feel time stretching out to eternity waiting for them to return.

She looks at me with a small smile. Natalie’s baby girl is bundled up like a fuzzy bear and slung across her chest as we walk. “You’re staying at Silverthorne, and you’re concerned about price?”

“Oh, the room was already paid for. Not by me.”

“Ah.” Natalie looks at me, waiting for me to fill in the blanks, but I really don’t want to talk about Jason.

“It’s a long story,” I tell her.

She nods, and we keep walking together in a comfortable silence, taking in the sights and sounds as we stroll through the town’s shopping district.

This part of Meadowbrook has more resemblance to a quaint European village than it does to the shopping centers in the city. I’m sure it looks pretty year-round, but right now, all jazzed up for the holidays, it’s really charming.

The plows have come through, shoving most of the snow to the curb, but the gabled rooftops and the benches along the sidewalks are still covered with blankets of heavy snow.

Big clay plots with evergreen

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