Chapter Twenty-Five
Wade
To put it bluntly, the weather sucked. Icy rain fell from the sky, striking my cheeks with stinging cold. It was about a five-minute walk from the lodge restaurant along the path through the trees to Dani’s cabin, but even I was shivering by the time we got there.
The holiday lights strung through the trees were blurred by the rain. Dani stumbled as she climbed up the two steps onto her porch. I caught her by the hip and shoulder. “Easy,” I said, my voice nearly drowned out in the rain.
I could feel the tremors running through her body. “God, it’s cold. I can’t believe Jade walked all the way down the main drive in this rain,” she replied.
“She needed a ride, so she was motivated,” I said as I turned the knob and pushed her door open, holding it open while she
