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She was quiet for a long time. Then she softly asked, “Are they mad?”
“Oh Elena. They trust me and I trust you. You have nothing to worry about.” Aidyn murmured soothingly.
ChapterThirty
Aidyn held her hand as he drove. She needed the connection. His hands were strong but always gentle with her.
He stopped at a gate and rolled his window down with just a button. The old trucks they had up on the mountain had handles you turned to roll the windows down.
He waved a card in front of a black box and the gate opened. It slid to one side, and he drove through it. She turned as they neared a building and saw the gate close behind them.
He drove around the brick building and at the back were a bunch of big metal doors. He pushed a button on his truck roof and a door opened. He drove into the building.
She held her breath until he stopped the truck, and he squeezed her hand.
“Welcome to The HOG.”
“Why do you call it a pig?”
He chuckled then kissed her fingers. “It’s not a pig, it’s HOG. Home. Office. Garage.”
“Oh.”
He chuckled and jumped from his truck. She watched him walk around to her side. She looked for the door handle and just as she found it, he opened the door for her.
He smiled at her. It was the beautiful smile she’d recalled in her mind all day when she needed to calm herself.
“Are you ready?”
She felt her lips tremble and she couldn’t say anything so she nodded. He’d be with her so she would be safe. It wasn’t like up on the mountain.
He reached in and lifted her down, then he pulled her close and held her tightly to his body. She wrapped her arms around his waist and squeezed him tightly to her. She felt the tears flood her eyes and her nose tingled.
“Hey, you’re shaking. It’ll be alright.”
She only nodded. His big strong hands smoothed up and down her back and she stilled to feel it. She prayed she’d absorb some of his strength and confidence.
After a few moments, he pulled away. “They’re waiting for us, baby.”
She nodded again and he reached into the truck and pulled out another tissue. He handed it to her and she opened her hand where the other one lay crumpled up. He took it from her hand and grinned.
“Are you ready?”
She nodded and let him lead her to a door. He opened it and let her step into a huge kitchen. Much nicer than the one last night. This one was bigger than her whole cabin. Probably two of her cabins. They had cupboards with doors on them all along the wall and she stared at it all. The stove and refrigerator looked like metal.
Aidyn stepped in and pulled a handle on a door under a big counter in the middle of the room and tossed her tissue in there. She craned her neck to see it.
“It’s garbage.”
“In your cabinets?”
He chuckled. “In this one.”
He closed the door and took her hand. They sauntered through the big kitchen, and he pointed to the right to a huge wooden table. “That’s the dining room.”
She swallowed and they continued through a room with three big leather sofas and glass tables and pretty lights. The floor was hardwood, and it was perfect. Her head bobbed around as she looked at the room. It was stunning.
Aidyn brought them to another room, much smaller than the other rooms they’d gone through and a man sat at a table with papers on it.
