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I sat at the kitchen counter, nursing my second coffee of the morning when Jenna walked in fighting back a yawn in a pair of pajama shorts and a gray T-shirt. She eyed me warily for a moment as if waiting for me to make a comment about last night, but I just smiled, staying silent.
“Sleep well?” I asked as she emerged from the butler’s pantry, coffee in hand.
She stopped a few feet away, looking me square in the eye. “Slept like a log.”
“Sweet dreams?”
She fought the smile for half a moment before breaking out into a sweet laugh. “If you mean were you starring in any, no. You?”
“I always star in my dreams.” I chuckled into my coffee., turning to face her as she walked to the window and peered out, the small sigh escaping her. “Breakfast?”
“Not really hungry.” She took a seat at the counter. “How long have you been up?”
“Maybe an hour? I woke up with an idea for a song…but I don’t have my guitar, so I voice memo’d as much as I could.”
She sipped her coffee. “You clearly weren’t prepared for this vacation, were you?”
“Nope.”
“When was the last time you were in the snow?”
I leaned back in the kitchen chair. “Honestly?”
“Honestly.”
I scratched the back of my neck, lost in thought for a few moments. “Can’t remember. We’ve traveled through places in the snow. But it’s different on a tour bus, in and out of hotels and arenas.”
“Then why were you in Denver?”
“I bought a place last summer, sight unseen.”
“Clearly.”
“I needed out of LA.”
“Because of the ex?”
“Because of a lot of things.” I picked up my empty coffee cup and shook my head—I’d already drained it without realizing. “Let’s go play outside.”
“You do realize this place is like its own playground.” She motioned around us. “You don’t have to step out the front door for like…anything.”
“Right. But I want air.”
“And opening a window is out of the question.”
I nodded.
“We don’t have the right clothes for the elements.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, your jacket isn’t heavy enough.”
“There’s a few extra jackets in a closet in the garage. And my boots are fine…”
“Fine, but I’m not responsible if you get hypothermia.”
“Hypothermia requires body to body contact to bring temperatures back up. I think I’m willing to risk it.”
