The Winter Girls by Roger Stelljes EPUB & PDF – ebook Details Online
- Author: Roger Stelljes
- Language: English
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“THERE’S NOT MUCH TO DO UP HERE IN SIBERIA FOR FIVE DAYS!”
Wednesday, February 12th
Crosslake, Minnesota
Carrie Devenish turned left and drove slowly down the gentle slope of the
lightly snow-covered driveway to the family’s sprawling vacation home on
Rush Lake.
“Finally,” Savannah, her seventeen-year-old daughter, said in
exasperation.
“Hey, it takes a lot longer in the summer,” her mother replied brightly.
“No cabin traffic this time of year.”
“It’s also February, Mom. It’s seven degrees outside right now. There’s
not much to do up here in Siberia for five days!”
“We’ll have fun,” Carrie answered enthusiastically, eager to get away
from the Twin Cities. “We’ll get the hot tub fired up, play board games, go
skiing and watch movies. It’ll be a great long weekend.”
“Yeah, if you say so.” Savannah sighed in reply. “Is Dad actually
coming up?”
“Yes,” Carrie answered crisply. “He’ll be here in a few hours.”
Savannah rolled her eyes. “Sure he will.”
Carrie shook her head in mild frustration. Her high school junior could
be quite the moody handful, especially when she was denied access to her
friends. But for Carrie, this was her chance to unplug from work and de-
stress before some difficult conversations and maybe decisions that were
coming. If she were going to relax and try to enjoy the time away,
especially with her daughter, this needed to be nipped in the bud. “Young
lady, I’m not going to tolerate five days of that attitude, understood?”
Savannah rolled her eyes again.
“Understood?” her mother said more forcefully, her voice raised.
“Shape up.”
Savannah sat back, surprised. Her mom, preternaturally cool and calm,
almost never raised her voice at her for anything. “Yes… ma’am. Sorry.”
“Good. Now you can help me get everything inside.”
“Yes, Mom.”
An hour later, they were all moved in for the President’s Day holiday
weekend, which they were stretching two extra days by coming up on
Wednesday night. A hearty fire crackled in the massive stone fireplace that
ran vertically to the high peak of the cedar-planked ceiling. Savannah sat
curled up on the couch by the fire, taking photos with her cell phone and
posting them to her social media sites.
Carrie slipped on her coat and grabbed her keys. “Do you want to go to
the grocery store with me?”
Savannah looked up and pulled out her earbuds. “Huh?”
“Do you want to go to the store with me?”
She crinkled her nose in disapproval.
“I didn’t think so,” her mother replied, cupping her daughter’s face and
snorting a laugh. “Anything in particular you would like?”
“Cookie dough, you know, those small cookie dough cups.”
Carrie shook her head in mild disapproval. “Anything healthy you’d
like?”
“String cheese? Greek yogurt?”
“Those I will buy. I’ll be back in a bit,” she said. “Your father should be
here soon.”
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