Chapter Fourteen"I don't know if I can hack the road today."
Susan was slouched back in her chair at the kitchen table holding a coffee cup with both hands, her eyes puffy with fatigue. "I feel pretty wiped out from yesterday."
"Me too," Neal croaked. He set down his coffee and rubbed his eyes, blinking at the rectangle of blue sky showing through the kitchen window. Since their short trip in Kawika's inflatable boat they had put in two more days of work, pushing the road almost to the ravine. Getting past that obstacle was going to be difficult no matter how it was done. Just thinking about it made him tired.
He banged his fist on the table. "Let's do something fun for a change."
"Don't kid me."
"As Harry would say, I kid you not. I'm taking suggestions right now."
Susan hmmd, tappi
