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FELIX
Young Gun, thank goodness. Help Crosby find the fucking house.
AIDEN
Harp says she can look up sales records in the area.
FELIX
Finally! Some good news.
Keep us posted. I don't want this to turn into a Dateline special.
Chapter 20
Jo
Classic Trope
Iwakeandstretchand feel relaxed and satisfied. As I blink open my eyes I realize the sun is shining and I smile.
Hooking up with Bryson might not have been the smartest move since we're stuck here together until someone finds us or we trek into town but forced proximity is a classic trope we can have a lot of fun with.
Maybe it's because we haven't seen each other in a decade but while Bryson is the same as ever, he's also different. There is a depth to him he didn’t have before.
I roll up in bed and see he left a t-shirt and shorts for me. I smile and slip them on.
I use the bathroom and see my toothbrush is on the counter.
That's really sweet of him.
I wonder where he is.
Out in the kitchen there's a protein bar on a plate with a note next to it.
Josie -
I went for a hike to see if any neighbors are home. Be back soon.
- Bry
I brush my fingers across the note and open the bar. I take it with me out to the deck and eat while I read my book.
Flora is struggling with the loss of her first love, Cathal. Theirs was a whirlwind romance the entire first book centered on. In the second they face the world side by side and then at the beginning of the third he vanishes.
She continues to fight. She continues her crusade to free her village from the tyrannical Serpent Queen but you can tell she's struggling to do it alone.
I reach the end of a particularly tense chapter and I close the book.
Am I Flora?
Is Bryson Cathal?
Are we in the third book of our epic saga?
We started as friends, neighbors. Our competitive spirits resulting in one-up-man-ship over everything.
Who could chew the most gumballs.
