3 Chapter 3

“Mr. and Mrs. Graham?” Caleb asked. “I think I know them. They live about a mile or so west of the abandoned sawmill up by Boone, don’t they?”

“That’s them. They moved there about five years after Dad retired,” Jarrod responded, wondering why his parents had never mentioned a handsome wild man, living alone in the woods miles from anybody.

“They seem like real nice people,” Caleb said.

Jarrod smiled at the thought that his parents came across in a positive way. He walked beside the big man while Caleb told him about the difficulties of supplying a remote cabin with electricity and running water. Most of the technical jargon went over Jarrod’s head but he interjected a comment or question periodically so as not to come across as stupid. “Why do you walk so far to get firewood?”