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I turned the glucometer toward Sadie, showing her the results as if she could read them. She was probably the only one in my life who understood me at more core.
“See, all good,” I told her.
She gave me a satisfied woof.
Her work here was done.
I rummaged in my glove compartment and grabbed one of the many emergency protein bars I stashed there just in case before steeling myself for the frosty expedition that awaited me.
I ripped the wrapper open and took a bite.
As the car warmed up and the couple of bites settled in my stomach, I realized that I wasn’t just battling the snowstorm; I was battling my own indignation and frustration.
This was not how I had envisioned proving my worth for the OR management position. But if Dr. Scrooge wanted his stupid files in a blizzard, I’d have to suck it up and put on my big girl panties.
The snowflakes descended in a cascade of white, and I could hardly believe how thick it was coming down.
It was as if someone up in the sky had decided to shake a giant snow globe over Denver.
I cast a glance toward the heavens. “Any time you want to give it a rest,” I mumbled.
Sadie, deciding there wasn’t anything left for her to do at the moment, curled up on the passenger seat. Once settled, she was a picture of stoic composure. It was like she was prepared for a polar expedition.
“Whatever you’re taking, my friend, I have some too.”
I wished some of her canine poise would rub off on me.
I settled into the driver’s seat and shivered, despite the heat blasting and the adrenaline coursing through my veins.
My coat felt like a straitjacket, and my gloves had seemed to morph into woolen ovens. I stripped them off as the car warmed, becoming almost like a sanctuary, a bubble of warmth in a winter wonderland gone mad.
I punched the cabin's address into my phone and my heart did a tiny little somersault.
One hour, one minute away.
“Happy birthday to me,” I said to myself, my eyes on the slate-gray sky above.
The irony was palpable. On my fortieth birthday, I found myself navigating a snowstorm to deliver files to a mountain cabin, all for a man with an ego so vast it might as well have had its own orbit.
Sadie trotted back toward me, her mission accomplished. I couldn’t help but smile at her. She was my rock, my confidante, my partner in crime.
I’d brave a thousand snowstorms for her.
We clambered back into the car, and I took a deep breath. “Let’s get this shit show on the road.”
The SUV’s tires crunched through the snow as we started our ascent out of the parking lot and toward the mountains.
The landscape transformed into a canvas of whites and grays, with trees heavily blanketed in snow.
I held the steering wheel tightly, my green eyes zeroing in on the road before me.
As snowflakes persistently descended, an inner resolve took shape.
This day wouldn't merely be about paperwork and blizzards.
It would be the defining moment where I'd demonstrate to Dr. Antonio Montivais that Jude Langdon was a force to be reckoned with.
So help me.
