Turn to Me: Chapter 8
Link shuffled into the room a few minutes later wearing red flannel pajamas and without his glasses. He went to the counter and poured himself coffee, adding milk from the fridge, before moving to stand in front of the wood stove. He put his backside up close to it and wiggled with contentment.His smile fell as he caught a glimpse out the window. Rhett watched as Link walked over and pushed the curtain aside, squinting out. “Uh, Rhett? All I see is white.”
Rhett put his mug down and walked over to stand beside him. There was certainly a lot of snow on the ground. The rocks and bushes were undifferentiated lumps of white. He could barely make out which lump was their car. Worse yet, the snow was still coming down, blowing in gusts that rattled the windowpane. Rhett felt a sinking sensation in his stomach. “That doesn’t look good,” he muttered.
“Nope,” Link agreed. “We should get out of here as soon as we can.”
They quickly changed into jeans and flannel shirts, not bothering to shower, and packed up their things.
Rhett opened the front door to reveal a daunting knee-high wall of snow. There was only the one shovel, so he cleared the way out to the car and around it while Link brushed the snow from the windshield and roof. They didn’t have a lot of heavy winter gear and both of them were shivering by the time they loaded the car and got in.
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