“Whatever you want, gorgeous. There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”
Chapter 9
Blair
After a busy morning in the ER and a catch-up with Tabitha, I escape the hospital and eat lunch in the garden area outside. Not only is it giving me the chance to relish in the fresh clean mountain air, but it also allows me my daily dose of vitamin D while I can.
During dinner at the ranch house last night, they were talking about how the days are slowly starting to get shorter now, and all the things they want to get done before there’s a lot less light.
Later, when I was safely tucked up in bed, I decided to look it up so that I knew what to expect. That’s when I learned that daylight hours start reducing in August but speeds up in September. Depending on how far North you are, you can even lose up to an hour a week.
Hence why I’m soaking up the sun–in small doses–as much as I can before that happens. I’m enjoying the work here, but everyone needs a break from the hospital walls now and then. Self-care and all that.
Alex: How’s your mountain man?
I snort and shake my head at my phone.
Cate: Is he hers if they’ve only held hands and not kissed?
Alex: They’ve gone swimming in their underwear. Surely it counts.
Blair: HELLO. I’m still here.
Cate: Don’t mind us, we’re just arguing semantics on your behalf.
Blair: I noticed. To answer your question, he’s good. We haven’t had any time alone since Sunday but later this week we’re meeting up so he can show me his bunker.
Alex: Is that a euphemism?
Cate: That would be a bit weird. Don’t you think? “Let me show you my bunker.”
Alex: When you say it like that, it sounds like a serial killer pick up line.
I snort because she’s not wrong.
Blair: There is an underground bunker on the ranch. His grandfather was a bit of a prepper.
Cate: Like one of those off the grid types you see on TV?
Blair: I don’t know, but I wanted to find out. That’s why he’s giving me a tour.
Alex: Of his bunker…
Cate: That’s kind of sweet.
Alex: Sweet or creepy?
Blair: Sutton IS sweet. He’s not creepy.
Alex: OK. We trust your judgment.
Blair: Do you mean that? Or is this because I already know you looked him up on the internet.
Cate: Alex! Did you really?
Alex: What can I say? I wanted to make sure he was good enough for our girl.
Cate: AND?
