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“Even though this is the smaller of the two rooms, Mom and Dad always used this bedroom because it had a door that locked”

“It’s nice,” I tell hireat room

With the bags in hand, wehandrailing At the top, we step into the open loft with a slanted ceiling The rooed furniture, and even a s area The benches look homemade, and the television is the smallest and probably the oldest I’ve ever seen, with rabbit-ear antennas sticking out of the top

“Back when I was about nine, we begged our parents to get a TV out here for at night Dad insisted we come down and sit by the fire, but Chase and I were too cool for that So, they found that tiny piece of hardware at a yard sale, and when they brought it out on one of our trips, ere so excited to watch it Little did we know, there was no cable or anything For two years, that television sat right there on that shelf and mocked us”

A bubble of laughter spills from my lips “That’s funny”

Colton shrugs “We made do without one, honestly We had bunk beds at the tihost stories or build a blanket fort When I was eleven, we brought an old Atari ga system out here I think that bad boy is still in the closet,” he says with a fond smile

With a smirk, I look his way “I had one too when I was little I was kickass at Donkey Kong”

Colton pulls ”

I slip ainst hiether” Oh, there’s definitely a little innuendo in my comment

He just smiles “No one else I’d rather play with Come on, there’s dinner in the oven We can sit in front of the fire”

Dinner ended up being grilled saletables and twice-baked potatoes Apparently, Chase wasn’t the only one in on this little night away Their moerator Together, we dish up two plates on olderroolass of wine, I take the opportunity to look out the sliding glass door to the lake