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“After dinner A couple of hours That’s all the tih time to do this”

“Oh, I’h tih for Lake”

They all fell about laughing Kirsty shook her head and left thes to think about, like what to s before she freaked out completely

Rainne earing waders that cah she had on several layers, she was pretty sure that her toes were turning black from frostbite and were about to fall off

“Is this the right time of year to do this?” she asked Alastair, who didn’t seem bothered by the cold or the fact he couldn’t see where his feet were standing

“It’s always the right tiawatt s, but we don’t really care about that, do we? Especially since you screa that people ca”

“I’rumbled

Alastair busied hi line Weeks he’d been teaching her to fish and she honestly couldn’t tell you one thing she’d learnt Every ti voice of his and all she felt was the heat co off his body The words were pointless

“Do we have to do this now?” she grumbled

“As opposed to when?”

“Spring?” she said hopefully

Alastair stilled

“Are you planning to be here in spring, Rainbow?” His voice was casual, but she could tell fro but

She felt the weight of the question hang between them Man, but he was pretty Even in the dreich eather that you only found in Scotland, with rain that wasn’t heavy enough to fall properly but et enough to soak you to the bone

“Where else would I go?” she said “Once Lake gets fed up playing shop and is satisfied that I’ his money down the toilet, then I’ll have a business to run I can’t very well leave with that to do, can I?”