Wood You Rather?: A Fake Dating Romance (Lovewell Lumberjacks Book 3) by Daphne Elliot

Author:Daphne Elliot [Elliot, Daphne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798987436523
Publisher: Melody Publishing, LLC
Published: 2023-07-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Pascal

“Storm coming,” I said to my assembled siblings during our weekly management meeting. Richard was on speakerphone from camp, and Michelle, our bookkeeper, was working from home because her baby was sick.

Snowstorms were as beautiful as they were unpredictable. They were one of very few things that truly brought life to a standstill up here. There was nothing like looking out the window at the snowfall. The sheer power of mother nature was so humbling.

Maine winters were long and challenging, but I went into them prepared. And I was always looking to improve my preparations so things were under control.

But my family was another story.

They didn’t understand just how bad things could get. Bangor was a decent size, but we were an hour from there, so even in good weather, it took a while for first responders to arrive.

Every single winter, people died on the roads—in accidents or frozen in their cars. And others when their heat went out in the night.

And all the information I sent them, the suggestions and reminders, usually fell on deaf ears. If anyone understood what this place was capable of, it was Henri, so I wasn’t too concerned there. But Remy and my mom were of the “it’ll be fine” mindset, which had me living my life in a perpetually cold sweat.

“Yeah, yeah,” Remy said. “We know the drill.”

He had returned from a timbersports competition in California last weekend, so he was boasting a tan and feeling a little full of himself after placing third. If things continued to go well for him, I expected he wouldn’t be working for Gagnon Lumber for much longer.

I’d miss him, not that I’d ever tell him that. I’d loved seeing my siblings every day. It was what Dad had always wanted for us. The next generation of Gagnon Lumber.

I only wished I could have done this when he was alive.

That it hadn’t taken his death to get me back here.

But the sentimentality could wait. A storm was coming. It was early, still October, but that didn’t matter to Mother Nature, especially up here. I had been tracking it since it gathered steam over the Great Lakes.

Our position between the mountains always meant snowy winters, but it wasn’t even Halloween yet. And that was all the more reason to keep on top of things. My mind was already spinning with tasks that would have to be accomplished before the flurries started. I’d top off my gas tank on the way home from work. The house was stocked with food, but I’d charge up all the electronics, check my generator, and restock the firewood.

“Are you sure?” I asked, cocking a brow. Of the four of us, Remy was the least detail oriented. The “everything will be fine” attitude had grown old about the time he graduated from high school.

“Can I be excused from the annual Pascal Gagnon ‘winter is coming’ lecture?” Adele asked, arms crossed over her chest. “I’ve got dozens of parts to move inside and storage to secure.

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