Page 88 (1/2)

“No one’s going anywhere,” he shuddered “This storrounded Several feet of accu after you flew out Just as the first of the flakes started falling”

Lincoln put his hand on Donovan’s shoulder,open the iron door, he threw another pair of logs on

“You actually drove here?”

“Most of the way,” Donovan nodded “I got stuck a few as station Found a guy with a ploho’d drive me up here He plowed your driveway, by the way I threw hiave the address,” he shrugged “You told me to come”

“Yeah yeah,” Lincoln nodded “Sure ht you had to stay You said you had clients, you couldn’t leave work”

New flames leapt up, and Donovan held his hands close to the fire He rubbed thelanced back at us

“I don’t have work anyot fired from Crunch Time”

Forty-Seven

HOLLY

“You got fired?” I cried in disbelief Donovan’s nod felt like a punch to the gut “How’d you get fired?”

“Eddie,” he replied, as if it were all that were needed

“What happened?”

“Well, he was giving me less and less new appointet obvious He was also approaching so to switch trainers ‘Scheduling reasons,’ he claimed”

Lincoln cursed under his breath “Scu”

“I know, right? Anyway, he was also hitting on two or three of my female clients Ones I knew he not-so-secretly liked Not that they’d give hi them about him he stomped over to have words with me”