When Buck still wasn’t getting it, Noah stepped forward and calmed his voice. “Feel for the ledge with your left heel. It’s there.”
Slowly, Buck started feeling for it with his foot until he finally located it. Then he pulled himself over the lip.
“There you go,” Noah called. He turned to Flint. “That’s the kind of feedback you need to give.”
Flint nodded. “Yeah, sorry, I know that. I just hesitated.”
“Next time, don’t.”
When they were finished with the bouldering wall, they started toward the mountain bikes.
Colt came to stand beside Noah. “You’renotokay.”
“Why do you say that?”
“I can tell, and so can they.”
“If you’re talking about Flint, he looked half asleep and people will be depending on him tomorrow.”
“He took your feedback on board though.”
So he should.
When Noah remained silent, Colt frowned. “Noah—”
“How I’m doing isn’t as important as you and Indie after everything you’ve both been through. How is she?” Colt was married to Noah’s sister, Indie, and just two weeks ago, she’d been kidnapped. Hurt. Almost killed.
Noah still saw red just thinking about it.
“She’s good,” Colt said slowly. “She’s been resting a lot.”
Another thing…after years of infertility, she and Colt were finally expecting a baby.
Noah dipped his head. “I’m glad she has you to look out for her.” He really was. Colt was a good guy. One of the best. His sister was safe with him.
The rest of the day went quickly. The staff was good and Noah was confident that the opening weekend would go smoothly.
When they were finally done, Colt told everyone to get an early night.
Noah could have laughed. He barely slept anymore. And when he did, the nightmares riddled his dreams.
Once the team was gone, he stepped into the office to see a small group of teenagers inside, Addie in front of them.
“Itsaidthe park was open today,” the tallest kid said, looking frustrated.
Addie shook her head. “No. As I already told you, the park openstomorrow. You’re welcome to come back then.”
“We traveled an hour to get here.”
Addie lifted a shoulder. “Well, check out the town, the food—”
“We don’twantfood. We came for the park.”
“Is there a problem here?” Noah asked, moving to Addie’s side.
“Yeah.” The tall kid looked up at him. “Last I checked, your website said you were opening today.”
Frustration thinned Addie’s lips. “The website says we’re opening tomorrow.”
