Chapter 8
Hobie wasn’t just a hobbyist. Apparently he had taken quite seriously to photography in high school.
“It helped me cope,” he told her when she asked what drew him to it.
They had been walking for quite a while, talking a little and picking their way through heavier areas of snow while Hobie paused to snap pictures here and there. Apparently he had won awards at the art shows in their school and had been paid for his pictures since his late teens. Apparently photography was part of the reason he traveled so extensively. And, apparently, he hadn’t just been paid by his family’s business partners or small obscure magazines, but by real time serious publications like National Geographic and Time. This was news to Presley.
“I had no idea,” she said.
Hobie looked at her sideways a
