SHORT CHAPTER
She decided to hold off on asking him about what he had said before as now they had been presented with more pressing issues.
" THE HORSEMAN, you mean the horseman of death was here?" she asked.
" I believe so" he said.
" Why, why would he come here and why wouldn't we know about it?!" she said.
" I believe i know when " he said the dread clear in his voice " and why".
" Crane? " she asked nervously " what do mean?".
" Last night after we had both fallen asleep i awoke and heard the door swinging shut, i turned around but there was no one there, i went outside and still no sign of anyone so i assumed that i had simply failed to latch the door when i carried you in earlier that night" he said clearly adgitated that he had missed the foot print last night when he checked no one was lurking around the cabin.
" So you think what, the horseman came into the cabin last night, why would he do that, and if we were both asleep why not just kill us ?" she asked but just as the words left her mouth the answer was obvious.
" KATRINA " they both said simultaneously. They both fell silent, thinking things over in their head.
" Crane when you woke up i wasn't like leaning on you was i?" she said hesitating just a little.
" Leftenant do not think anything of it, you merely fell asleep" he said dismissing her concern but not gaining full meaning of her words.
" So yes?" she asked letting out a worried sigh.
" Yes but i don't see how that.." he stopped mid sentence, the words dropping off his tongue as meaning dawned on him.
" What if the horseman came looking for Katrina and found that" she said drawing out her words so she was sure he grasped her meaning " he might think that.." she let him finish the rest in his head.
" He might think that we were.." he didn't finish because they both knew how the sentence ended.
" You don't think he knows that Katrina is.. you know" she said choosing her words carefully.
" I do believe we will find out in due time" he said.
At that moment her phone started ringing in the other room and before he knew it she was bounding through the cabin and into the bedroom, He couldn't quite decipher what she was saying so he just waited for her to return knowing she would fill him in on all the details.
" Crane that was Jenny, she'll be here in an hour so i'm gonna get started on breakfast" she called from the bedroom before emerging.
" Sounds like a wonderful idea" he said standing up from his chair.
" What are you doing, i said i would cook, remember?, or did mr eidetic memory forget?" she teased.
" No i remember quite fine but that was before you were injured" he said and before she could object he was already in the kitchen collecting eggs from the fridge, she sat down and giggled as she watched him swing the door open and closed a few times before he returned to the task at hand. She remembered the first time he had opened the fridge he spent about twenty minutes just standing in front of it swinging the door open and shut saying how amazing it was, winter in a closet as he put it.
Once he had finished cooking the eggs he returned to the table with two plates and two mugs and as they ate they discussed possible plans of action.
" I think you should come stay at my place " she said pushing her plate which she practically licked clean away, needless to say he was a little taken back by the idea.
" While that is most kind and very generous on you part Leftenant, i fear that it would be most improper of me" he said before she cut in.
" Okay cool, pack your stuff Jenny will be here in half an hour" she said with a smile, he looked up from his plate and could see there was no chance she would let him win and therefore saw no use in fighting
THAT WOMAN IS STUBBORN AS A MULE. he thought
One way or another he was going with her.