8
Lily
“Hey, Jean-Michel, you want to go hiking at Silver Falls?” Lily asked as he rushed past her toward the kitchen.
He wrinkled his nose. “I do not do outdoors. Why you don’t ask your friend, that American girl with the French name?”
“Renee’s still in Italy,” she said with a sigh. “Not only is she my only hiking friend, she’s my only friend. How depressing is that?”
“When you hiking?” he asked.
“Well, I was hoping you’d go with me since we’re closing early today.”
Jean-Michel shrugged. “Those boys always in here talking with you? Go ask them.”
Actually not a bad idea, she thought.
Aiden or Elijah might be up for it. She left Jean-Michel to finish closing and slid into her little Mercedes. In the backseat, her backpack was already stuffed with hiking clothes.
Any day off that w
