But she had her medical supplies and the rest didn’t matter. Not even that she was hot, sweaty, and wanted to change into something more comfortable.
She went back to her gate. She had no clue why. It’s not as if she thought a flight was going to magically appear.
But she saw Rowan standing to the side on the phone, a frown on his face, an eye roll, and a shrug of his shoulders.
He disconnected his call and pushed away from the wall he was leaning against.
He was tall, with light brown hair streaked with blonde, tousled just enough to look effortless. A bit longer, but clearly styled with care.
He looked like he belonged on a beach and not in Denver. But since he knew the guy that had helped her and had made a comment about returning to his cabin, he must be a resident close by.
She moved over to a seat and flopped her ass down. She was sure it’d be planted here overnight.
She’d already texted her grandmother and told her the chance of her making it home today was slim to none, but she wouldn’t worry anyone that she was in this seat overnight.
Her grandmother would let her parents know. It’s not like she was heartbroken about not seeing the rest of her family tomorrow.
She was only going home for her grandmother anyway. Spending the day with her parents and sister and niece and nephews was the last thing on her mind.
Not true. She didn’t mind seeing her parents, but to see them meant time with Sandy. Nope.
At least she’d had all the gifts shipped to her grandmother’s house weeks ago. One less thing she’d hear a complaint about from her sister, that she’d been cheap and didn’t buy them anything.
“Saylor.”
She turned her head from where she was staring at her phone. Rowan was standing there, faded jeans on, sneakers on his feet, his jacket hanging off his bag on his shoulder.
“That’s me. Guess you get to go home now.”
“Yep. Figures my flight would be the last one canceled. I had to break the news to my mother. She wasn’t happy, but short of her sending a plane after me, it wasn’t happening.”
She didn’t know why he laughed over that statement. She guessed it was funny, but nothing about today was making her laugh.
“At least you get to go home.” She stretched her legs out in front of her. “This is where I’m going to be for the foreseeable future.”
“No room at the hotel?” he said.
“I’m sure it filled up hours ago. I didn’t bother when I overheard others complaining. I looked for hotels in the area online and everything is full.”
“With the holiday making it worse,” he added.
“Yep. No rental cars available, but I’m not sure why I’d try to get one if I had nowhere to go. Might as well stay put and see if I can get on the first flight.”
“Any idea of when that will happen?” he asked. “Because my weather is showing an ice storm for the next twenty-four hours. Not something we see often here for that long. It’s being chased by snow.”
Her shoulders dropped. “If I could have gotten a car, I would have tried to drive to Arizona then. I’d be going away from the weather. Looks like I could be here for more than a day.”
“I know you don’t know me, but I’m an upstanding citizen. You can come to my place. I’ll bring you back when you can get a flight. Your choice.”
She processed what he was saying. It’d be stupid to do it, but she’d be surrounded by strangers in the airport who could try to steal her belongings while she slept.
She would have to walk everywhere with two bags on her nonstop and her body was already rebelling from the hours walking around trying to figure out her next step.
“I’m weighing my options. Which aren’t many, but you’re right, I don’t know you.”
“I get it. I’ve got two sisters. One younger and one older. I’d kick their asses if they considered doing it.”
“Gee, thanks for that,” she said, smiling. Might be the first smile she’d had since she heard they were going to have an emergency landing.
