章 5: Chapter 5

“Oh trust me, it does. Not that I’ve experienced it yet, but Emil says he wants to make an ice-skating rink on the lake when it freezes over properly. Apparently, once upon a time, he used to love skating and wants to teach Joie too. Jason—that’s the deputy who dates Joie’s mom—used to play hockey. I feel like there will be matches on the lake sooner rather than later.”

They stopped at the edge of the yard where it started to slope down to the lake.

“This is so fucking pretty.” Kaos breathed out the words. Sure, he’d enjoyed the nature while driving up the state, but this looked just so… peaceful. “And it’s so quiet,” he marveled.

“Yeah. That’s Lotte and Joie’s house.” Makai pointed across the lake to where a two-story house sat a bit away from shore. Kaos couldn’t tell any details from this distance, but it seemed nice.

“They’re your closest neighbors?”