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I walked over to the bathroootroootten a lot of snow

Correction, in scientific ter down too It was piled so high that I couldn’t see much past the porch so all the work I had done to clear paths had been for nothing

I went back to the kitchen to start up breakfast, thankful for the stock of bacon I had picked up, both packages in the grocer and fresh at the butcher shop Starting with the fresh stuff, I laid out a bunch of strips over the gas stove and broke out the eggs to go with it As Iin the bedroom and realized the woman ake

We hadn’t spoken ive one another our names She kept to herself ether when she arrived, but then after she warmed up, she slept most of the day I understood that, since the adrenaline drop after being lost in the woods in a blizzard had to be pretty hard-core By the tiain, I had made dinner We ate in separate rooms We spoke occasionally, but we didn’t really keep the conversation going, so she went back to the bedroo room

“Morning,” I said as she made her way into the kitchen

“Morning Is there anything I can do to help?”

“Sure If you can s and stuff over there, I’ll have those ready for us in a few minutes Griddle’s already set up”

“On it,” she said, going over to the ether the batter When she was done, she brought it tothe the room table “Thank you for breakfast I realized that I was so exhausted and overwhelmed yesterday that I never even told you my name or asked for yours I’m Desiree But you can call me Des”

“No problem,” I said as I sat down to eat with her “I’m sure yesterday was a shock on your system I’m Aiden” I was a littlemy hard earned resources with someone else But still, she was in need, and I couldn’t just turn her down Besides the fact she wantedhot, and I couldn’t deny that I enjoyed looking at her That had to be part of it

“So, when do you think I can get back to et home I have a job interview tomorrow”

I watched her face for aor not When I realized she wasn’t, I shook my head

“Couple of days, probably”

“A couple of days?” she said, incredulous “No No, I can’t do that”

“Well, I can’t get you off the mountain any earlier than that,” I said “I’m sorry, but where you parked your car is miles from here, and it is impassable at thethe day before a blizzard if you didn’t want to get stuck But you are more than welcome to try to find your way back to your vehicle by yourself if you want I have to warn you, though, it’s going to be covered in snow Good luck getting it off the mountain What kind of car is it?”

“A sedan,” she said I could tell by her voice she kneas going to laugh I didn’t disappoint her

“You know that even if you could get to your car, you probably wouldn’t be able to get it uncovered froher than the front end” I took another sip of ht as well try to walk back to town”

I expected her to have a rebuttal to that She seeh I had done her aho seeot quiet, focusing on stabbing her food with a fork and chewing She brushed away her long, wavy dark hair from her chocolate-brown eyes, and I noticed they were puffy Like she had been crying

Suddenly, I felt bad for h ti as e my cabin quite literally saved her life yesterday Most people weren’t used to reat chance of death I was It had been a long ti other than uilt