Chapter 13Morning dawned like hope over the little cabin a mile outside of Colorado Springs. Light crept past the mountain peaks and through the pines to wake the couple tucked beneath a thin sheet on a comfortable bed. The man; tall, youthful and muscular, with golden hair, opened his eyes and smiled, pressing a kiss to the auburn hair of a petite and curvy woman, who lay n***d in his arms.
“I need to go, Addie,” he said.
“No, please stay,” she begged.
“I can't, honey.” He kissed her again, on the lips this time. “Sooner or later someone will come to buy something. I can't be here alone with you.”
Addie rolled onto her front, her arms propped up on Jesse's chest. “We're getting married, right?”
“Of course,” he replied.
“And I'm already carrying your baby, almost halfway through. Wha
