Chapter 28

• It felt like an hour passed as he struggled against the weather to reach the door, but finally he managed, shifting with lightning speed and darting inside the building. He stood there leaning on the door and trying to catch his breath. Water dripped from his hair into his eyes as he swatted at it to keep it off his face.
• He unclipped the pack and dropped it to the floor as he went to the small window to see if he could spot the canoe. He couldn’t see anything; the rain ran down the window so hard it was like trying to look through a waterfall. He was just going to have to wait it out. Devin didn’t like it, but he wasn’t presented any other options. As he’d barely made it this far, he knew he wouldn’t be able to scout along the shore and look for her in any form.
• Pulling his jeans on, he stood in front of the window and waited. Was there a chance she had made it back and was sitting this out in her car? Again, he’d have to wait until the wind died down to check out that possibility, but for now he was going to try to convince himself of that so his heart would get out of his throat and stay in his chest where it belonged.