page5 (1/2)

Carefully, she eased the car into the garage Seconds later, with the door safely closed behind her, she groaned and let her head flop back against the seat rest

She was safe and sound—but what on earth had she thought she was doing, cohosts by resurrecting them

‘You’re an idiot,’ she said brusquely, as she pulled her suitcase from the car and made her way into the kitchen

She switched on the light There was the stove, where she’d prepared the very first meal she and Nick had shared as husband and wife There was the silver ice bucket, where he’d chilled the bottle of cheap chane that was all they’d been able to afford after they’d blown everything on renting this place for their honeymoon There was the table, where they’d had their first dinner…where they’d almost had it, because just as she’d turned to tell Nick the meal was ready, he’d snatched her up into his arht there, with her sitting on the edge of the counter and hiers burned to a crisp

The lights flickered Deep in the baseain Holly sighed in gratitude

What on earth was she doing here? She was an idiot, to have come back to this place

‘Worse than an idiot,’ she said, in a voice blurred with tears—not that she eeping with regret Why would she? Marrying Nick had been ato do, and she didn’t regret it, she never had She was crying with anger at herself, at the stor to make it impossible for her to turn around and drive down the mountain…

The lights blinked again In a o out She’d never be able to open the garage door without it; the door was old, and far too heavy The power had gone out for a couple of hours when they’d stayed here years ago, and not even Nick—eous, virile Nick—had been able to wrestle the door open

Holly sed dryly She couldn’t, she wouldn’t, be trapped here, with her et out before that happened, and neverstore the drive down She’d be careful Very careful Nothing was iht her that?

‘I ahts went out

CHAPTER TWO

BY THE time he reached the turn-off for North Mountain, Nick was al blind

He had the windshield wipers turned up to high but the snoas falling so thick and fast that the wipers could barely keep up

At least the Explorer was holding the road That was soas station, just ahead The last few erously close to empty

Nick pulled beneath the canopy, stepped froas tank

‘Hey there, Mister, didn’t ya see the sign? Station’s closed’