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“How lovely,” he said with a wide grin. “I’ll get it right out for you.”
We followed him to the front of the store, where he cautiously reached into the window and retrieved the ring. Holding it in my hand, it was far more beautiful than I realized. I silently hoped she would like it, but I had a good feeling I knew her well enough that I was making the right decision.
After paying,we rode the carousel several more times, drank more hot chocolate, and bought way too much candy to take home with us. We arrived back at the chalet just as the sun was going down, and I handed off the girls to Beth to get ready for bed.
I walked over to Skye’s chalet, but for once, I was hoping she didn’t answer the door. I knocked, waited, and then knocked again before the door opened wide.
“Hi, Mrs. Harris,” I said.
“Annie!” She corrected.
“Right, Annie, sorry. Um, is Skye around?”
“I think she’s upstairs with the kids. I’ll go grab her.”
“No, actually, I wanted to talk to you. And Brent, if the two of you are available for a few minutes.”
A knowing smile crossed her face, and she ushered me inside. I followed her to the back bedroom where Brent was asleep in an armchair next to the fireplace. Annie shook him awake and he grunted as he opened his eyes.
“Owen is here,” she said, “and he would like to speak to us.”
“Who?” he grumbled.
“Owen!”
Brent blinked his eyes open and looked over to see me hovering in the doorway, a nervous smile plastered across my face. Annie gestured for me to sit down, and then perched herself on the arm of Brent’s chair.
“Now, sweetie, what’s going on?” she asked with a smile.
“Well, I have something I’d like to discuss with you. Something that has to do with my future with Skye.”
26
SKYE
“Owen? Why won’t you tell me where we’re going?”
“I told you, you just need to be patient,” he said, reaching out to grab my gloved hand.
He had been dragging me through the snow across the resort for what seemed like hours, and I still had no idea what we were doing. My toes were starting to get cold, and my nose felt completely numb.
“I’m freezing! Are we going to be there soon?”
“Just a little bit longer.”
I sighed, resigning to my snowy fate. It seemed that an icy grave was in my near future, and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I supposed I was just a little bitter that I was cold and had no idea what was going on.
“Owen—“
“Shh. We’re almost there. I promise.”
“Please just tell me what we’re doing.”
“Not yet.”
We walked in silence for a while longer, and finally Owen turned around with a smile on his face. He stopped in the snow and reached out both hands to me.
“We made it.”
