“Nothing, just looking at the pictures I took from the top of the Arch. I can’t believe we could look out from it.”
“Yeah, and on both sides.” She laughed as she continued driving. They had spent almost two hours between touring the Arch, and the other tourist attractions in the building, and the gift shop. She purchased a tee shirt for herself, and a key chain. They continued driving, and she looked at the GPS, the odometer, the gas tank, and Shay.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I’m calculating the time.” She laughed and pointed. “The clock on my phone just switched back to Eastern Standard Time. We’re three hours from home, so we should arrive in plenty of time to still have daylight.”
“Do you live close to a town?”
“I do, maybe about five minutes away from any major shopping, why?”
“What about when we get closer, you call and order a pizza or Chinese?”
“I can do that,” she said and discussed what was available, places she had used a lot since living in her home for the last ten years. They settled on pizza and wings, and when they got to the point where she needed gas, she looked at him with a grin.
“If you pump, I’ll order. The food will take roughly forty-five minutes, we’re thirty minutes out.”
“Got it, go ahead.” He pumped the gas, and when they got underway, he started paying more attention to his surroundings. They had just taken their suitcases into her house when a car pulled up, and Shay went out to get their food, giving the delivery boy a large tip. By the time he was back inside, there were paper plates, and napkins on the table.
“I have beer, wine, and water.”
“I’ll take a beer.”
She got them and they settled down to eat. At one point, he looked around with a frown.
“What’s wrong?”
“This place feels like it’s the same size of my cabin, maybe a little smaller.”
“It might be, smaller, that is. It’s actually three bedrooms, which are small. I converted one into an office, and there is only one bathroom, off the hallway. Do you know how much land your cabin sits on?”
“Tony and Cole both told me that each cabin has access to the two acres around it. That’s why they are spread so far apart. As long as we maintain it, we can do what we want with it, except destroy it.”
“That’s a given. I have just a little over a quarter of an acre here. I’ve always wanted more space, I’m going to love living in the cabin.”
“Yeah,” he said as he picked up another slice of pizza and took a bite.
CHAPTER 12
“Shay! Can you get that?”From deep in the house, Faith called out when they heard the doorbell ring. They had been back in Kentucky for almost two weeks, and the two of them have been working diligently to clean up Faith’s life. There were stacks of different things. Keep, sell, take, toss. Faith had waited until the bulk of everything had been gone through before carrying on with dealing with them. That would happen in the next couple of days, because beginning next week, a realtor would be there, and they had to start loading the trailer.
Shay’s walking had improved once the swelling and blackness from the horse kick had diminished, and the healing started. He still wore the brace, but didn’t have to use the crutch. He whipped open the door and stared at the man standing there with his hat in his hand, literally.
“Help you?” he asked gruffly.
“Sorry, I was hoping Miss Faith still lived here.”
“Who are you?” Shay demanded of the other man, not bothering to deny or confirm that Faith was there. Before he could answer, Faith approached. She let out a scream and actually knocked into him as she rushed the man standing in the door.
“PEDRO!” Faith yelled as she threw her hands around the stranger, and started talking a mile a minute. Shay caught like every fifth word. He sighed in relief when she turned to him with a gigantic grin, then scowled when her arm was still around the other man.
Faith must have noticed, because she immediately dropped her arm and stepped away, but not far. “Shay, this is Pedro.”
“Why do I know that name?”
“He was the trainer I told you about.”
“Chocolate Champion’s trainer?”
