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Lynn Davidson frowned at her email

E—she preferred to be outside, away from computers and phones, surrounded by nature

But this particular e the stinkeye for a reason

The subject was A Request, and it was froer at Glacier National Park Apparently one of his old Marine buddies worked for an environ posted to Glacier to take soil samples or whatever

Norned to him to show him around and help hiht of tourist season, there’d been a dangerous fire up in the h that it hadn’t done h alert

And since Cal couldn’t spare anyone, and Lynn ran theher to do it

The probleht of tourist season Lynn was already overworked, and her new trainee, Nina, wasn’t experienced enough to take on as many clients as Lynn did They were booked solid

Maybe she could foist the environmental scientist off on Nina?

But no, she knew she wouldn’t Anyti company took interest in Glacier or the land around it, Lynn wanted to be in the loop “Environ shady was going on, she needed to know

Honestly, that was probably one of the reasons Cal was asking her to take the guy under her wing He and Lynn were in perfect agreement on this subject If he couldn’t supervise an industry-funded research project personally, he knew Lynn would report back to him

Although this guy was his friend from back in his Marine days

Lynn tried to picture that A Marine veteran Probably a gruff, buzz-cut drill sergeant type, used to getting his oay and bulldozing over anyone who disagreed

Odds were he wouldn’t want to take any orders from a woman, either Lynn had ht that anyti a nairl as scared of a little adventure They drove her crazy—and usually ended up in trouble that she had to rescue them from

And the older ones were souy was Cal’s old buddy, he was probably around Lynn’s own age, late forties or so He’d be firmly set in his ways

The office door opened then, and Nina ca in, stars in her eyes “Hi!”

Lynn couldn’t help but s Nina stretch her professionaljob had been lifting Lynn’s heart for afamily enjoyed their hike?”

Nina nodded vigorously “Oh, yes They onderful—asking questions about everything, so impressed, so happy to be there And they letthey had to push on I had them take breaks at the best vistas, and they loved it” She sreat tip!” She held up a handful of cash “Should I put it in the books?”

Lynn shook her head fir? That’s yours You earned it, kid Buy your ”

Nina burst out laughing “Maybe I will”

Lynn chuckled too, knowing that Nina’s er and probably wasn’t too interested in wearing anything pretty Although who knew—maybe he was a real clotheshorse—clothes-leopard?—when he wasn’t in the unifor people, sometimes

“How has your day been?” Nina was asking It was past quitting time; the sky outside was full dark, and Lynn had just stepped into the office to do the day’s bookkeeping and check the email

Which reminded her “Full day of clients, a couple of real experienced hikers in theme to babysit an environmental scientist later this week”

Nina frowned “Do environ?”