Orson by Elva Birch

Author:Elva Birch [Birch, Elva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

ALEX

Ilost myself in the crowd at once, and wandered the streets of downtown Fairbanks until I ran out abruptly by the parking garage in a quiet pocket without people.

Babies.

Marriage.

He was a bear.

I wasn’t sure which part was most unbelievable.

I’d been so stupid to sleep with him.

I had too much common sense for that kind of slip-up, no matter how handsome and funny he was.

I’d made mistakes before, plenty of them, and I knew how to file regrets and move on with my life. The problem was, I didn’t regret a single moment of it. I was actually considering babies and marriage, not just dismissing the idea as hormonal nonsense.

I wasn’t sure I was cut out for motherhood or matrimony, but it didn’t horrify me like I thought it ought to.

And perversely, the fact that I wasn’t afraid terrified me the most.

I realized that Orson was probably lost in Fairbanks with no idea which hotel we were staying at; the parking lot with the truck was located between several of them. He would be smart enough to meet me back there—and I’d have to return for my luggage eventually.

I found a trashcan to dump the empty platter from my fries and wandered back through the crowd to the truck.

My first thought, when I caught sight of the man kneeling beside it, was that I was in the midst of getting a car boot from a cop. But event parking enforcement was part of our contract, and he wasn’t wearing one of our uniforms.

“Hey!” I called.

He startled up, turned, and fled, clutching something in his hand. A thief? What was he stealing from underneath our truck?

He was smart, heading straight for the crowd, and I lost him there because he was savvy enough to blend in instead of pushing through and leaving a wake for me to follow. He’d been wearing a ballcap and a T-shirt with a logo, but that described half of Fairbanks right now, and ballcaps could be removed.

I spent some time looking for him without luck, still distracted and trying not to peer into passing strollers like a creep because I still had babies on my brain.

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