It was the most sensible thing anyone had ever said to him. All at once everything became clear. Savanna. Him. Fallon. Family.
Chapter 20
Savanna’s mother came with her to Wolf Creek and they were baking cookies when someone rang the doorbell. Savanna wiped her hands and went to the door. It was Hurley.
“Hi, Hurley.”
He extended an envelope. “This is for you.”
She eyed his grin as she took it. “What’s this?”
It was thick, as though there was a card inside.
“An invitation.” His grin was suspicious.
There was a card inside, blank except for something handwritten.
Meet me at Silver Plume. Be there before the storm.
Korbin
Sparks of excitement and shock inundated her. She looked up at Hurley.
“He asked me to take you there.”
“He did?” Behind him in the driveway, a snowmobile was running. She was so surprised and thrilled she was bursting inside. She threw a hug around Hurley and then jumped up and down. “I have to pack! Give me a second.” She kissed Hurley’s cheek and ran inside.
“Mom!”
“Who is it?”
“Korbin! He came back!” She went still. “Oh my God, I have to get ready.”
“What? Why?”
She kissed her mom’s cheek. “Hurley’s taking me to him.”
“Now? Savanna, what’s gotten into you?”
“Korbin is meeting me at one of Hurley’s yurts.” Her mother could never guess the significance of that yurt. Savanna covered her mouth with her hand. He was here. He’d come back for her.
Savanna trotted up the stairs with waving hands. In her room, she packed sexy lingerie and a few other articles of clothing into a backpack and then raced downstairs. In the closet off the front entry, she quickly dressed in winter clothes and then put the pack on her back.
Her mother smiled, leaning against the wall where Korbin had once stood with a gun.
“My daughter in love,” her mother said. “You tell that boy if he doesn’t treat you right he’ll have me to answer to.”
Savanna walked over in her snow boots and kissed her mom on her cheek. “Sorry to leave you like this.”
“It’s good. I can go home now. I always hated thinking of you all by yourself in this house.” She lifted her head to look around. “It’s so isolated. Don’t you ever worry about wild animals?”
“No, Mother. I love it here.”
“Is this where you and Korbin will live?”
“Yes. At least I hope so.”