Chapter 4
Tess walked down the hallway of the hotel where they were staying, Midnight Sun Lodges. The hotel sat high on the bluff by the ocean, overlooking Kachemak Bay with a clear view of the mountains and glaciers across the bay. She reached the lobby to find her mother seated in a chair looking out over the water. Tess sat down beside her.
“Amazing, isn’t it?” Tess asked with a nod towards the view when her mother turned toward her.
“It certainly is amazing. I wish we’d come here years ago. Your father’s been fantasizing about fishing in Alaska since you were a little girl and he read a story about it in one of his fishing magazines.” Celine said with a smile. She paused for a moment and reached over to place her hand on Tess’s shoulder. “You’re still worrying about what happened wi
