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In the meantime, we needed rules. I needed to be anywhere else.
“I need to call Wallace,” I said.
“Do you think he’s all right?” She looked up from her mess making. A crease formed between her brows.
“Yes.”
She twisted her lips. “Let me know after my shower. I’m going in.”
She scooped up a small bag from inside a larger one, along with a set of clothes, and headed into the bathroom. She left the rest of the mess without cleaning it up.
The door clicked shut after her, and I could hear the sound of water, followed by humming. The walls were too thin.
I called Wallace.
“I hope you’re not ringing to tell me it’s time to come get you,” he answered.
“I’m told there was an avalanche. Are you safe?”
“Oh yes, I’m good,” he said. “Found a nice room here.”
“Good.”
“What about you? Do they have space in the lodge?”
“We are settled for the night. Have you seen plows moving through Boarsville yet? I’d like to get out of here as soon as possible.”
He barked a laugh. “No way they’re getting that cleared out in one night, Gremlin. Can you not see the snow from your perch? The road isburied.”
“If it’s about resources….”
“Money’s not going to solve it. You just try and enjoy this vacation. You never take the time to do anything for yourself. Maybe it’ll be good for you.”
I could hear Layana in the bathroom. She was naked in there. We would be forced to stay in the same room, sleep in the same bed. There was no reprieve to be found outside of this room, either, not with Biotabloom Dynamics roaming the halls. This wasnota vacation. And it was definitely not going to be good for me.
Money had to solve this. It was my only hope.
“Watch for updates,” I said. “As soon as you can get here safely, I need you here.”
“Will do,” he said. “One more thing.”
“What?”
“Thanks for having me drive.”
He shouldn’t thank me for getting him stranded in the middle of nowhere.
I said, “Good evening, Wallace.”
“Good night, Gremlin.”
With that, I hung up and paced. I stared at the open bags, stressed about how any of this was supposed to work.
Finally I set the scattered contents back inside, zipped up the cases and set them neatly lined up along the wall by the side of the bed Layana had claimed.
As I looked over the wrinkled, but no longer cluttered bedspread, I felt the tiniest bit more in control. I took a moment and a breath. Then I searched for local emergency service numbers and put through a few calls, none of which ended upbeing fruitful. Local authorities were already on the job, working on their own timetable, of course.
What if it wasn’t enough?
