“You ready for a real challenge?” Beckett asked.
Sarah eyed the rock face, already mapping the path of her ascent. Her heart began to thump. This was no Boulder Mountain. But Beckett wouldn’t have brought her out here if he didn’t think she could do it.
“Yeah, I’m ready.”
They suited up, going through the checklist she’d learned by rote, checking and rechecking safety equipment and determinedly not talking about the fact that she was leaving tomorrow. Sarah didn’t know what he’d said to the Tullys so that they could spend their last day together in the adjacent state park, but she wasn’t about to complain. There was nowhere she’d rather be than right here with him.
Something else she was determinedly not thinking about.
“You take the lead. I’ll be right behind,” he said.
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