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Walled in on three sides, the open portion faced the trail and behind that the ocean in the far distance with acres of natural parkland with soe boulders a few feet below

“Didn’t you say you’d read there was zero chance of rain today?” Craig asked as she came back out into the little vestibule with the be

nches and vending machine

“Yeah,” she told hi out at the nearly dark sky

“I did, too”

Apparently the weather report had been wrong And she’d been too busy enjoying her time with hi of people

“You think we canwet?” She wasn’t worried Wasn’t really even bothered Sitting alone with hih a downpour didn’t sound dreadful She had a vision of a cabin in the wilderness, all-day rain, and her and Craig, cozy inside, and pushed it quickly away She had to stop seeing castles in the clouds

Craig had pulled out his phone, was asking his virtual assistant for a weather report

The report came back that there was a twenty percent chance of rain A up at the sky

“It’s co inland Another biker, heading back toward town, slowed down,in over the ocean The three of the it out, just in case

The other biker, ahis ride Aured they could, too

Craig had the exact opposite idea “The track will be more slippery,” he said “I don’t want to take any chances on you falling”

She wasn’t going to fall His concern was overkill And nice Beyond nice

She could easily becoave her

But it was getting darker The path really could get slick And so she let herself stay alone in the shack with hi out the rain