Looking For You All My Life Part 153

"Well, Barry's coming. We'll see if we can get him headed

in that direction."

"And what about you?" asked Sierra pointing her finger

at Maggie. "I thought you'd hooked old Jed good and solid."

The kitchen grew quiet as Maggie tried to think of a witty

comeback to keep the conversation light, but instead she

drew an embarra.s.sing blank. Thankfully, Rosa stepped in.

All in good tim~right, Maggie? One wedding just around

the corner is more than enough for everyone right now."

"That's for sure," agreed Audrey. "It'll be nothing short

of a miracle if we can get those two somewhat fas.h.i.+onably

hitched." She winked at Rosa. "But I think we can!"

n Sunday evening, Maggie called Leah to see how

J she was doing. But Leah sounded calm, confident,

and just slightly cool. She asked why Maggie was

even concerned in the first place.

"It's just that I wasn't sure how you felt about driving on

snow," said Maggie apologetically. "I didn't think you'd had

that much experience yet."

"Jed's truck has four-wheel-drive, and he showed me how

to use it. We only have a couple of inches up here right now.

I really don't think it should be any problem. And if it gets

really bad, we also have chains and Jed showed me how to

put them on if I should need them."

Maggie ~was impressed. "You know how to put on

chains?"

"Yes. Don't you?"

"No, not really. I guess I better learn."

"I would think so. Jed said that no one should attempt to

live up here in the mountains if they don't have proper

respect for how quickly the weather can change. And he also

said you should always be prepared for anything-like

power outages or the possibility of being snowed in for a few

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days. Are you prepared for all those sorts of things,

Maggie?"

Maggie didn't want to answer that she wasn't. "Well,

thanks for all that information, Leah. You've certainly given

me a few things to think about."

Leah laughed. "Isn't it funny that you called me because

you were worried about my welfare. Looks like you better

get it together for your own family, Maggie."

It wasn't easy being chastised by someone half your age-

especially a girl you had only recently rescued from what, at

one time, seemed a somewhat desperate situation. But

Maggie kept these thoughts to herself. "Well, it sounds as if

you've got everything under control then...

"Yeah," said Leah with confidence. "But thanks for

checking anyway."

Maggie hung up and made an irritated growl.