The Stars at Night by Gerri Hill

Author:Gerri Hill [Hill, Gerri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-four

Lexie was trying to snoop without it being obvious. The cabin was small but certainly larger than her own little apartment. It at least had a kitchen. The room was tidy but not sterile. A couple of wildlife photos hung on one wall and a colorful blanket with a classic Mexican flavor adorned the side wall by the door. A sofa separated the kitchen and the living room. A coffee table had four or five books on it, and she peeked through them—an assortment of bird books and ones on stargazing. She smiled and put them back the way she’d found them. A large TV was against the wall and a cute fireplace was in one corner. The other corner was crowded with a Christmas tree, decorated to the hilt. She saw the birdwatching ornament that her mother had given Kyler and this, too, made her smile.

She slid her gaze to the kitchen, which was against the opposite wall. The appliances were simple and white, the counter space taken up by a coffeemaker and a toaster. A small, square table was shoved against the wall and three chairs were slid against it. She wondered where the fourth had gone.

“Planning a meal?”

She turned, finding Kyler in jeans and a sweatshirt. “Snooping around. I like it. It’s cozy. And your tree is lovely.”

“Thank you. I start a fire and turn all the lights off. Just the Christmas tree lights are on and the glow from the fire. It’s as relaxing as a bubble bath.”

She laughed lightly. “I can’t picture you taking a bubble bath.”

“Well, seeing as how I only have a shower here, no.” She glanced at her watch. “Ready?”

“Yes. We won’t be late, will we?”

“No. There’s a service road that comes out near Skyline Drive. We’ll take that instead of the road through the campground.”

Back in Kyler’s Jeep, instead of retracing their route, she turned left onto a small, dirt road with a Park Personnel Only sign.

“How many cabins are there?”

“Six.”

“But you have more employees than that?”

“We’ve got eight. Actually, two of the cabins are vacant. Todd moved into Ft. Davis last year when he got married. The other one, one of the clerks lived there for a while. She doesn’t work here anymore.”

“Eight employees doesn’t sound like very many.”

“Our allocation is based on traffic in the park, not the size. Actually, eight is pretty decent. When I worked at Goose Island, we had fifteen or sixteen, I think. That park gets the most traffic in that region, and it’s relatively small—acreage wise.”

The dirt road hit pavement and Lexie was completely turned around as to where they were. Kyler turned left on to Skyline Drive.

“Oh. Now I see. We came from that direction the last time.”

“Yes. The campgrounds are down that road.”

As they climbed higher, Lexie could tell the colors were starting to change. She could also feel the wind as it rattled the Jeep doors.

“It wasn’t really windy when we were riding.”

“Not too much. The trees help block a lot of it.

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