Wedding Survivor
“With a lot of grunting and shoving and moving the thing this way and that, they got it anchored and tied down with two bungee lines at each corner.
The sun was beginning to sink behind the mountaintops when Cooper returned to the lodge, catching a ride with the guy who brought food up for Eli and Marnie. After they devoured the food—they were all ravenous—Eli, Marnie, and Rhys sat around the fire Eli had so effortlessly built and listened to the sounds of what Eli said were night owls, distant coyotes, and lynx, until the rising wind drowned them out with the rustling of trees around them… and what the wind didn't cover, the fighting in the cabin did.
Somewhere between the pan-fried steak and creme brulee Rhys had prepared, the soon-to-be-weds had begun to argue.
Marnie felt dizzy—everything seemed out of sync now. The happy couple fought bitterly, the stars disappeared behind black clouds, and a bone-chilling wind made her headache even worse. She'd had the headache since she and Eli... had argued yesterday, but at some point this afternoon, it had begun to pound like a drum.MoreLess
The sun was beginning to sink behind the mountaintops when Cooper returned to the lodge, catching a ride with the guy who brought food up for Eli and Marnie. After they devoured the food—they were all ravenous—Eli, Marnie, and Rhys sat around the fire Eli had so effortlessly built and listened to the sounds of what Eli said were night owls, distant coyotes, and lynx, until the rising wind drowned them out with the rustling of trees around them… and what the wind didn't cover, the fighting in the cabin did.
Somewhere between the pan-fried steak and creme brulee Rhys had prepared, the soon-to-be-weds had begun to argue.
Marnie felt dizzy—everything seemed out of sync now. The happy couple fought bitterly, the stars disappeared behind black clouds, and a bone-chilling wind made her headache even worse. She'd had the headache since she and Eli... had argued yesterday, but at some point this afternoon, it had begun to pound like a drum.MoreLess
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