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She’d laughed when she saw that box while putting it away. She wasn’t sure who they were for and didn’t want to ask.
They went downstairs and kept quiet knowing the boys were still sleeping down the hall.
Knox turned the TV on low and put it on the local news to see the weather update.
“Doesn’t look like it’s stopping for quite a while,” she said, sighing.
They were calling for two feet today and a foot had already fallen last night.
“No,” he said. “And that will make it harder for power workers to get to whatever caused it to go out.”
“Guess your brother might need to fess up to where he is,” she said, grinning.
“Yeah. He won’t get out of here until late tomorrow, maybe not even Monday. There is no hiding this.”
Knox turned the coffee maker on, she got out a pan and some eggs and he popped a few pieces of bread in the toaster.
They quietly went about getting their breakfast ready and then eating while the TV played on low in the background.
“Anything you want me to do while you’re out there?” she asked.
“Nope,” he said. “I’ll plow the driveway out and hit the guy’s across the street for him. It will be one of many, but it’s better to do it in stages than all at once. Then I’ll clear my deck off upstairs. Once that’s done I can clear the patio below.”
She kissed him and watched him walk out to the garage. The minute the garage door was shut, she went looking and found a shovel, bundled up in her jacket, hat and boots, and brought it upstairs to take care of the deck for him.
When he came back in the house thirty minutes later, she said, “The deck is done. I mean more has fallen on it, but I figured I’d do that and get my workout in.”
“Really?” he asked.
“Yeah. I was going to clear the patio too, but my arms feel like rubber.”
“Thanks for doing that. It won’t take me long to deal with the patio. Normally I let it go for a bit, but this is just too much to let build up.”
Part of the patio was covered and the rest was pavers and some lawn. She assumed he only took care of where the pavers were.
She turned when she heard a door close and assumed one of the boys was up. Had to be Mark because Blaze was in Knox’s father’s old room and had a bathroom there.
Twenty minutes later, both boys came down the hall in sweats that Knox had given them last night with Knox’s sweatshirts. They were big on the boys, but no one seemed to mind much.
“Morning,” she said. “What can I get you to eat or drink?”
“Coffee is good,” Blaze said. “You don’t have to wait on us.”
“It’s fine,” she said. “I made eggs and toast earlier for Knox. He’s cleaning off the patio but has plowed the driveway.”
“So it’s going to stop soon?” Mark asked.
“Afraid not,” she said. “They are calling for another two feet today.”
“Crap,” Blaze said. “Guess we are here for a while.”
“It seems it,” she said. She poured them both a cup of coffee and handed it over, then got the creamer out and made another pot. She figured Knox would want one when he came in. “Do you think you should let your mother know?”
“Yeah,” Blaze said. “I’ll call her around nine. When I’d be leaving. She’s going to be pissed.”
“I talked to my parents last night,” Mark said. “They are very grateful for Knox coming to get us. I sent them a ton of pictures of the snow.”
It was the look in Mark’s eyes. “Have you ever seen snow before?”
