there was nothing between Colleen and Sage. Nothing but a lot of chemistry that neither of them had acted on.
“Right, so you have a place in mind?”
“I have the addresses of a couple of cabins that are for sale. I was hoping Sage could show me where they are.”
“Oh, my big brother is so helpful, I’m sure he won’t mind at all.” She smiled at him. “Will you, Sage?”
“Don’t you have somewhere to be?” he asked pointedly.
Brother and sister stared at each other for a long minute or two, then finally Angie said, “Yeah. I guess I do. After dinner with Marlene, I’m meeting Evan in town tonight. We both thought it would be better to talk away from the office. It’s just too...hard when we’re there. But we do have to talk about plans for the company.”
“That’s good, Angie.”
“In theory,” she said. “We’ll have to see, now that he’s my boss.”
Colleen winced and wished she knew why J.D. had done this to his daughter. She would love to be able to give Angie a reason. An explanation. Something. But she simply had no idea why he would turn his family on its head like he had. And she couldn’t help but feel guilty every time she thought about what Angelica was going through. She’d been hurt by her father’s will while Colleen had been given a gift for which she was immensely grateful.
“Anyway,” Angie said, crossing the room to hug Colleen. “You guys have fun or whatever. Don’t let him turn you into Dan’l Boone or something, okay?”
Colleen laughed. “I don’t think that’s going to be an issue.”
“You never know when the hermit of the mountain’s involved.”
“’Bye, Angie,” Sage said firmly.
“Uh-huh.” Angie shifted a sly look between the two of them then flashed a knowing smile at Colleen. “I’m sure Sage will show you everything you’ll ever need to know.”
And with that loaded insinuation, she left, Sage walking her out. Alone in the great room, Colleen found herself suddenly wondering if the lessons she came to learn weren’t going to be very different than what she’d expected.
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