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“Flying over here isn't really a puddle,” she offered.
I chuckled. “True.”
She rested her elbows on the railing, and we watched a brown bear snatch a salmon in its jaws.
“So how are you and Harley?”
Lacey’s question startled me. “Excuse me?”
“Aren't you two a thing?” She waved her hand in the air.
“What do you mean ‘a thing’?”
“Oh my God, Grant. I think you know what I mean.”
I pressed my tongue into my cheek as I shook my head. “Okay, fine. I guess we were involved. Then we had an argument. I'm not really sure what our status is right now,” I answered honestly.
“What was the argument about?”
“Are you always this nosy?” I asked.
“Grant, we're in the middle of freaking nowhere. The group I brought over is out hiking for the day, and I'm just here killing time. We might as well discuss something juicy.”
I chuckled. “Fair enough. Well, she's got this heart problem, and she hasn't really kept me up to speed. It's possible I overreacted.”
“It's possible? That means you overreacted,” she deadpanned.
I bit back a sigh.
“Is it because of your mom?” Lacey grew up in Diamond Creek, so she knew my family’s history.
“Maybe I worry about medical stuff more than the average person.”
“Yeah. Like Quinn.”
“Uh, he's a doctor,” I pointed out dryly.
“Not like that. I have MS, so he worries extra about me. Your mom died of a heart condition that nobody knew she had, so you worry a little extra about people you love. Once something like that happens, it's kind of a thing.”
I stared out over the river, watching as a bear leaned down and snatched a salmon out of the water, eating it right there by the shore. “I guess you have a point,” I finally said.
“Does Harley know that?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
“She's independent,” Lacey offered.
“How well do you know her?” I returned.
She shrugged. “Takes one to know one.”
I chuckled. “Ah, I see.”
“Quinn and I have been together for years. He’s still not happy with my job choice.”
“Didn’t he used to do guiding trips with you?”
“He still does here and there, but he prefers for me to stay close to home. I don’t always do that, and he’s learned to live with it. We have a plan for emergencies, and my MS is under control. But I get it. Some of us just have that streak, and the people who love us have to deal with it.”
