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She glanced aside, giving the matter some thought.
“Sounds nice. But I’ve got all these guys to worry about and I don’t want to put it all on Aggie. Plus, we’ve got a generator and plenty of food, too.”
“Well, there you go. Offer’s on the table. If you can get the animals taken care of in the morning early enough to beat the storm, feel free to come over. And bring Aggie, too.”
“We’ll see how the morning goes.” She began breaking up the bushel and tossing out food for the llamas. “But thanks for the offer, really. Might take you up on it if I get lonely.” She winked, making it clear what kind of company she had in mind.
“Hey, you got a satellite phone?”
“A what? Like a phone that connects to a satellite dish?”
“Yep.”
Aubrey shook her head. “Nope. Why would I need something like that? Usually get pretty good reception out here, believe it or not.”
“In case the storm knocks that reception out and you need to get in touch with someone. Not a bad idea to have one.”
She cocked her head to the side. “No, something else is on your mind.”
“That obvious?”
“Yep. You’re not your usual joking self. Let’s hear it.”
Aubrey was sharp. It was impossible to get anything by her.
I shut the door and stepped deeper into the barn.
“Wanted to check on you and the kids, no lie there. But I wanted to tell you about what happened this morning after you were gone.”
A touch of worry appeared on her face.
“Something happened?”
“Yeah. We had a guest…”
I went into it, telling her about Seth’s visit. I told her about what he said, what he wanted, and how we planned to deal with it. She listened with eagerness.
“My God… the kids.”
“We’re going to make sure nothing happens to them – don’t you worry about that.”
“OK. Good. And if there’s anything I can do, just tell me.”
I placed my hand on her arm. “And we want to make sure that nothing happens to you, either.”
“You think that I’m in danger?”
“I don’t know. He’s not the brightest bulb on the tree but you never know what happens when a man reaches the end of his rope.”
She turned from me, leaning against the nearest workbench and taking a second to think it all over.
“That explains the satellite phone,” she said with a small smile.
“Seriously, it’s not a bad idea.” I stepped over and leaned back next to her. “Even without all this happening. A bad storm hits and…”
She grinned. “I just run over to your place, spend the blizzard snuggled up in bed with my four favorite guys.”
I laughed. “As nice as that sounds, a bad enough storm hits and not even our truck would be able to dig you out until it ended. And don’t even think of walking.”
