Steph walked out of the restaurant hand in hand with Noah, wondering what he was up to. He"d asked if she was game for a pre-dawn hike then refused to say anything more. He said it was a surprise and she would just have to wait and see. Now she was curious and getting more excited about it the longer she waited.
She went to the driver"s side of his truck, opened the door, since he"d unlocked it with the remote, and climbed in. She"d originally sat next to him instead of in her own seat because she"d not been willing to be that far away after talking to the detectives and stirring up everything about Erick. It hadn"t taken her more than a couple minutes to realize how much better this seat was. It wasn"t that it was more comfortable, it wasn"t. It was because she was next to Noah. She like
