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“What? Why would you need to look at a log cabin? And on your own?”
“Um, well, I’m not on my own. I have Brody and Autumn with me.”
“Brody and Autumn,” he said slowly.
“Uh-huh.”
“Why do you have Brody and Autumn with you?”
“Because . . . um . . . they wanted to look at it too?” Shoot. She didn’t mean to word that as a question.
“Sunny, start making sense,” he said firmly.
“I know you’re busy and stuff, but the three of us thought that maybe renting a cabin for a couple of nights over Christmas would be fun. It’s really beautiful up here, Daddy. I think you’d like it.”
“So that’s what you’ve been doing? And you decided not to tell me. Did the Fox know you were going?”
“Uh, no.” She glanced over as the Fox walked into the house. “But he’s here now. Apparently, he was alerted when Brody and Autumn left the house.”
“So they didn’t tell him they were going with you either?”
“No. And he’s not pleased.”
“I bet. He probably feels much like I do right now since you lied and didn’t tell me where you were going. I have some empathy for the man.”
“See?” she said brightly. “You’re already bonding.”
“Sunny,” he said warningly. “This is not all right. You do not go around behind my back like this. You do not go missing for hours. Much less a day when it’s snowing. And you do not ignore my calls and texts.”
“I really am sorry, Daddy.”
“Oh, you will be.”
Awesome. Something to look forward to.
“Where are you right now?” he asked.
“Um, still at the cabin.”
“At the cabin? I’m guessing in the middle of nowhere?”
“About a third way up a mountain,” she confirmed.
“You are not to drive in this weather. The Fox has his own vehicle? What about Autumn and Brody?” he demanded, going into overprotective mode.
“The Fox does. We left Autumn and Brody’s car at the bottom of the mountain, as they weren’t confident enough to drive up to the cabin. I drove your truck.”
Duke let out a deep breath. “You realize you’re grounded for a month.”
Grounded? That was new.
“What does that mean?”
“We won’t go into it just now. But it involves no driving without my permission.”
No way!
“I’d rather have the spanking,” she muttered.
