Chapter 4: Revelations and Therapy
It was after our next meal—there were more than the usual number in any given twenty-four hour period—that I decided to attempt getting my companion to open up a little further. After coffee we had dressed and gone outside to see how the storm was proceeding.
It was still snowing, but the wind had gone down.
“Curious,” he said when we had returned inside.
“How so?”
“Well, there really is a lot of snow. That’s unusual. Usually it’s mostly wind, but here there’s over a foot, and it’s still snowing.”
I shook my head, puzzled.
Having taken off parka and boots, Matt rubbed his hands together.
“Brrr! What about some hot chocolate?”
“Sure.”
We were sitting at the table, lingering over our steaming drinks in silence. While he had prepared them, Matt had
