Chapter 12

True to her word, Eliza left Oliver making camp just before sunset.  He gave her a bit of resistance over the fact that she’d have to go back down the trail on her own, but she insisted that it was something that she’d done so often that she could do it with her eyes closed.  She also made it a point to impress upon him that the trail was monitored by rangers and quite safe.  This was done more for the fact that his behavior at the mention of her leaving led her to  suspect that he feared being alone than to assure him of her safety.

Since going back to her jeep meant that she was going downhill, she covered ground quickly.   She used this short time to mull over her disappointment that the handsome, hunky man she’d just met was a bit of a wimp when it came to the great outdoors.  Since she was a true nature lover, this was a major disappointment.

 She reached her jeep just as the sun began to sneak over the top