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“Adalisa told me you were shy, so don’t worry. I’m not going to be long. I just wanted to give you some baked goods. I don’t have many people who want to stay at this place anymore, and I just wanted to welcome you. If you need anything, my phone number is on the fridge. There are some other numbers in case you can’t reach me,” Aunt Marie handed over the basket.
“Thank you so much,” Margery replied gratefully.
“I do want to let you know that if you have an emergency, the nearest neighbor is about a mile away. Their number is one of the ones on the fridge. I’ll leave you for now. You have a wonderful stay here.”
Margery watched as Aunt Marie walked off and got into her car. The car she ’hadn’t heard come up the driveway. Maybe that was a good thing that she wasn’t on high alert. Perhaps being in this cabin was already helping her.
Whatever it was, Margery was relieved. It seemed like Adalisa was right. She did need this. Nobody knew where she was but two people, two people who weren’t going to tell anybody.
She had to make Adalisa promise not to tell anybody. Even though she hadn’t given out her address to the guy, shehad given out her phone number before. Margery didn’t want anyone to know she was there.
Maybe she should invest in buying a cabin like this to go to anytime she started to feel overwhelmed, stressed, or going a little crazy like this time. If that was the trick, she was willing to invest the money she was saving for something else.
Creak.
Margery quickly turned around; her eyes wide as she heard the noise. Was somebody in the house? She shook her head and took a deep breath in. She was just being paranoid. Nobody was in the house but her.
Nobody was close to the cabin but her. The nearest person was a mile away.
She took a deep breath and put the gifts from Aunt Marie in the fridge. She was going to eat some in the morning, but right now, she was exhausted. All she wanted to do was sleep.
Grabbing her bag, she started to walk toward one of the rooms. There was a second floor where all the bedrooms were. Well, two bedrooms and a bathroom.
That’s what Adalisa told her anyway. She hadn’t been here in years so she said it might have changed. But just from the outside, Margery couldn’t imagine the cabin having more than two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
Margery placed her bag at the foot of the bed and walked toward the windows. They were open, and she wanted to be able to sleep as long as possible tomorrow. But as she got closer, she realized it wasn’t just windows. It was a balcony.
How had she missed that? She mustn’t have been paying attention to her surroundings.
As she got closer, she slowed her steps. Was somebody out there? And her breathing started to pick up as she walked closer and closer. How had somebody gotten up there? Had they climbed up the wall, or were they already in the house?
Margery let out a little scream when she saw the person move.
“S-show yourself!” she yelled, but the person didn’t move.
She took a step closer and let out a chuckle.
A branch.
It wasn’t a person; it was a branch. The tree was close to the cabin and a branch was stuck on the balcony. How had she thought it was a person? Was she that paranoid?
Yeah, she was.
Sighing, she closed the curtains and started to get ready for bed.
CHAPTER NINE
MARGERY
Margery hadn’t realized how much the cabin was surrounded by trees until she stepped outside to explore.
She had woken up pretty late this morning. The night was restful, and it felt amazing to sleep that long, especially when she didn’t have to worry about being followed or watched. She definitely felt more relaxed today than she had yesterday.
Margery was currently exploring the backyard. She wanted to be out in nature. Something she wasn’t able to do often in New York City. Everywhere she turned, it was building and buildings. Sure, they had the big parks, but it wasn’t the same.
This was so different. She was surrounded by the trees in nature. There was nobody in sight. She was all alone, and she absolutely loved it. She had already been out for several hours, walking around and looking at things.
Had she seen over a hundred leaves that were the same?Yes. Had she seen trees that were taller than an apartment building? Yes.
