“This is the first day I can go to town with you and you won’t let me in the lumber mill?” Nick stood on the ground, hands on hips, looking up at Todd, annoyed. “Why are we taking these clothes with us? What am I going to do all day? I’m coming with you to the mill all week. Can I learn to operate the equipment, too?”
Todd swallowed a laugh and rubbed at the back of his neck. “I’ve spent weeks buying groceries to bring home every night, making you and Dr. Porter dinner since the two of you claim to not even know how to make a sandwich anymore. Then I listen to him quiz you on what you’ve studied that day. I’ll probably start working a full eight hours a day next week. We’ve got the house all to ourselves for two entire weeks while he’s in Yellowknife City and I don’t have to tell all. I n
