Chapter 7
The Tillamook Hill Fire led to the Reno Creek Fire, and then a trio of brutal burns down in Southern California.
Downtime wasn’t an issue—they had none. So Evan didn’t have any trouble keeping his focus on the fire.
However, not having any downtime was becoming a serious issue for other reasons.
You aren’t seventeen, Ev! That year he’d graduated high school and signed up for Army ROTC at Boise State. He’d only gone ROTC because he’d burn in hell before giving his parents the “we paid for you schooling” weapon to add to their arsenal.
No, he was thirty-two this fall, but he wanted to be playing grab-a*s with a hot woman as if he was still a teenager. There was a major problem here in his libido’s opinion. In truth, they didn’t get a single second of time together, because you
