Chapter 21
“When will he be back?” Risa asked Hallie.
She’d woken this morning to find a message from Darren that he was headed out to respond to a fire north of Diamond Creek. She’d known he did back up sometimes for the Diamond Creek crew, but she had somehow thought this was an on-paper kind of thing that meant he didn’t actually fight fires. Her throat was tight and her stomach in knots over the thought that he would be out in the middle of the forest fire that had been raging for weeks. She didn’t like it at all.
Hallie stood in front of Risa at the gallery. “He said it would be at least three days, maybe more.”
Hallie had stopped by the gallery to take a look around. Her hazel eyes were apologetic and worried. She fiddled with the ponytail on her head, eventually tugging out the
