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questions. I didn’t want the conversation to turn to Rhett.
    “Your family, parents, a boyfriend, are all alright with you moving so far away for a wilderness position?” Reese’s brows rose as she waited for my reply.
    I shifted. “Well, um, I grew up in the foster system so there’s no family and I don’t have a boyfriend.”
    “Well, then we sound like the perfect place for you.” Gracie clapped her hands together. “As you know, we’re looking for a white water rafter, a mountain climber, and a horseback rider. Of the three activities, which interests you more?”
    “Um,” I’d never done any of the activities, but I’d always had a thing for hiking. The closest I could come to that would be mountain climbing. “I suppose mountain climbing.”
    “Oh good!” Gracie beamed. “That was where I was planning on placing you. I’m happy we’re on the same page.”
    Reese blinked at Gracie, her lips curling up at the corners. “Kyle?”
    “I think it’s a good fit.” Gracie eyed Reese. “Don’t you?”
    Reese turned to study me carefully and I couldn’t deny that my insides were a raging mess. What were they talking about? Finally, Reese nodded. “Yes, Kyle will be a good fit.”
    “What are you talking about?” I asked tensely. Who was Kyle?
    Gracie explained. “Kyle is the mountain climbing instructor. He’s my second oldest son and he’s quite quiet. I think the two of you will get along well.”
    “What do you mean by get along well?” I felt my throat close and I had to clarify. “I’m not looking for - um, a relationship.” I was blushing fire engine red, but I had to clarify that little tid-bit. I felt as though I was sitting in a match-making meeting, and that terrified me. I’d only just gotten out of the hell I’d been in with Rhett and I wasn’t eager to get into another kind of hell with another man. No, thank you.
    Gracie grinned. “Oh sweetie, that’s not what we were talking about. Kyle can be difficult to work with and around. It’s why he instructs mountain climbing. It’s more solitary than white water rafting. If I sensed that you had a more outgoing personality, I would have placed you with Collin, the white water rafting instructor.”
    Feeling silly, I nodded. My face and chest were stinging in humiliation I tried desperately to hide. “Of course, I’m sorry for assuming.”
    Gracie waved off my apology. “Don’t be sorry. I know where your mind was going and I can see why it went there.”
    Blushing, I nodded. “Alright, well, I am interested in mountain climbing and Kyle sounds like he’d be more intuned to my personality than Collin, so, I think I’d like to learn from him, if that’s alright?”
    “Certainly.” Gracie winked at Reese before flashing a grin at me. “You’re hired!”
    A breath of relief fell from my lips as I smiled. “Thank you so much.” I held my hand over my chest. “You have no idea how much I wanted this.”
    Reese spoke beside me. “We could tell, honey. It’s written all over your face.”
    Blinking, I tried to keep my tears of happy relief at bay and thank the heavens I succeeded. “When do I start?”
    “You’ll start with indoor training. I’ll talk to Kyle and he’ll set up a schedule.” Gracie glanced at Reese. “I think she should stay in one of the cabins between your house with Logan and Kyle’s house. Would you and Logan mind taking her out to one of the cabins - maybe helping her set everything up?”
    “I would love to.” Reese announced. “I’ll take her to my pantry and she can pick through some of the food until we make a trip to the grocery store again.”
    “Oh, I can go into town today and pick up a few things.”
    Gracie frowned. “The weather network is calling for a pretty intense snow storm, I think you should just hit up Reese’s pantry and wait until the roads are a little better.”
    Glancing out the window, I shrugged. “The sky looks pretty nice to me. I think I’ll take my