Chapter 14

It was late morning before they reached the top of the trail.  Disappointed in not finding his brother along the way, Oliver sat on a large boulder and openly pouted.

“I thought for sure he’d be on this trail,” he complained.

“Why?” Eliza asked.

Surprised by her question and even more surprised over the fact that he’d pouted in front of her, he said, “I didn’t mean to complain to you.  I’m just very disappointed.  Every so often, my brother takes off like this.  I’m usually able to track him down.  This time, it was different.  All of the clues I scraped up were useless.”

It suddenly struck her that she’d been so enamored with the fact that she was in the company of a man who made her feel something that she’d never felt before that she neglected to find out anything about this brother he was searching for. 

“How old is he?”