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"What kind of trouble?"

"You know," she said softly "Like another wo Equal parts heat, ah him "If the triplets call, tell theh "Will do" She paused again "But are you? Busy this weekend?"

He s up?"

"Yes," she said

"Then yeah, I’m busy"

There was a beat of silence at that She didn’t kno to take him Which made them perfectly even because he had no idea how to take her either

"What if an ih?" she asked

"Would it be frohed "Why would I send you a text when I’ your phone?"

"I don’t know," he said "But you should feel free to take lots of pics of yourself withup now," she said

"Or videos--" He grinned when she disconnected hi," Mitch said "More trips to your office with the hottie artist for you"

Chapter 22

On Monday, Bailey worked with one eye on her phone, waiting to hear back fro

She finally quit work a little early to package up Hud’s phone and get it to the post office for overnight delivery She was just setting it into the box when it buzzed an inco text from "Mom" The first few lines of the text showed up on the screen and read:

Need to talk to you Call ot a problem and only you can--

That was it That was all she could see in the preview To access the text would require her to swipe her finger across the screen, which wasa quick peek at his screen as texts cauilt for seeing it in the first place and worry

Worry won

She called the resort and asked for Hudson She was sent to his voice e sent a low-level sense of anticipation huhest

She looked at the tiet to Cedar Ridge just as dark hit The weather was clear at the moment, but if the roads iced up later she’d have to spend the night This should’ve deterred her in a big way She had work to do here and she needed the ot to the resort at five thirty The lot was nearly e the kind of dark that a city girl had a hard tihts, no traffic sounds, no billboards

The resort offices had a deserted feel A young wo on the floors "It’s a weekday," she said to Bailey’s inquiry "Resort closed at four thirty"

"Is Hudson still here by any chance?"

The woe dry-erase board It had a long list of people on the left To the right you could see if a person was on duty and where they were located on the mountain Hud was listed third after Gray and Aidan, and, no surprise, he was on duty But his location box was empty

"He’s probably soe of a lot and is always on the move"

Gray caht of Bailey

"I ca Hudson his phone," she explained

He blinked "You have his phone?"

"Yes, it was an accident He gave me his sweatshirt on Saturday and his phone was in the pocket…" She trailed off at the look on Gray’s face "He didn’t tell you?"