Page 16 of Snowed in With My Small Town Billionaire

“Almost there,” Lucas said between breaths.

“Finally,” Sawyer muttered as he headed toward the angled tunnel that they had leading to the next cabin door.

They’d started with the cabin directly across from Lucas’ and Sawyer’s cabin. Joseph and Elsie Gates, who came to the mountain for their honeymoon, were trapped inside.

Sawyer carefully maneuvered through the tunnel and lightly tapped on the cabin’s door. Joseph slowly opened it. His eyes widened when he saw Sawyer and he hesitated just a minute, no doubt remembering that Jerome had called him a murderer.

“Get a bag of clothes. We managed to dig you guys out, but there are still three other cabins that we have to dig out, so you need to move quickly. Lucas, Oliver, and Daniel are waiting at the top of the tunnel to help you out.”

Sawyer stepped inside and put out the fire in the fireplace while the couple stuffed some clothes into a couple of bags.

“The tunnel is three feet wide so you should fit, one at a time. Go slow because we don’t want the tunnel to collapse on you. It’s at an angle so you should be able to navigate it. Elsie, do you want to go first?”

She nodded. Her eyes were side, her face pale, and she trembled a little.

“Don’t worry, Joseph will be right behind you,” Sawyer assured her.

Elsie kissed Joseph and then crawled into the tunnel.

A few minutes later, Lucas softly called out, “We’ve got her.”

Sawyer nodded to Joseph. “Go, and don’t kiss me first.”

Joseph grinned at the joke and crawled into the tunnel.

“Safe,” Lucas called.

Sawyer slithered into the tunnel, pulling the cabin door closed behind him, and carefully made his way to the top.

“It’s a good thing that I’m not claustrophobic,” he said.

“Heck of a way to spend a honeymoon,” Joseph joked.

Elsie grinned. “We’ll have great stories to tell our children. I’m six weeks pregnant.”

“Congrats,” everyone said.

“What can we do to help?” Joseph asked.

“Take your bags to the lodge and grab a shovel,” Daniel said.

“I want to help, too.”

All of the men looked at her and then her belly, almost in unison. If the situation hadn’t been so dire, it would have been comical.

“I’m pregnant, not dying. The baby will be fine and exercise is good for him. If I get tired, I’ll rest.”

Joseph stared at her and raised his eyebrows. “Him?”

She smirked. “Just a feeling I have.”

They all walked back to the lodge for water and a five-minute break before heading back out into the cold air. It was gently snowing again.

“Great, just what we need,” Sawyer said.

No one replied.

Oliver took a deep breath. “Daniel, you and I will work on that cabin. It has the three college girls, Maddie, Samantha, and Emilia, in there. Joseph and Elsie will get the cabin across from you guys. Two men are in that one I believe – Darren and Zaid. Sawyer and Lucas will work on that last cabin.”

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