Nick moved as if to comfort her, but Grace turned away to pour herself an unnecessary cup of coffee. She had already had too many and her sour stomach and shaking hands proved the point. And she was exhausted. Too little sleep, too much emotion, and too many people trampling around on her mountain. And now Nick was leaving.
“Look, don’t worry,” Nick went on. “Jake is going to make sure you stay safe up here and my boss is making sure that you and the farm and Jamie are kept out of it as much as possible.”
Grace glanced at Jake, who nodded in agreement. “Good. Thanks.”
It had been a day-long marathon and the worst was yet to come. Nick had just finished his last conference call standing out in the snow using his sat phone because the land line went down yet again. And she still had to ge
