After Nina Walsh ran out of the restaurant, she realized no one was chasing her.
She stood rooted to the spot and looked back, her eyes glued to the exit. She waited for a long time in the biting wind as the snow fell harder and harder. Finally certain that no one was coming out for her, the tears she'd been holding back at last began to fall.
Jessie Sterling was true to her word. After dinner, she and Lynn Jennings returned to their cabin. Before they left, Jessie made a point of going to her room to get her luggage.
Serena Lynch was still angry with Roman Lynch and didn't want to hang around the guys either, so she casually asked Jessie Sterling and Lynn Jennings if they wanted to play cards. Three people weren't enough for a game of mahjong, but they could certainly play some card games.
Lynn Jennings and Jessie Sterling were both fine with that, so the three of them headed back together.
"You're really not going back?" Lynn Jennings asked as she drove.
