Chapter 40
“Nils, are you…”
Nils finished the sentence for him. “I’m sure.” He turned back to the cabin and began to walk around it, surveying the structure.
“What will you tell her?” Sam asked as he followed Nils.
“Nothing. I’m just gonna disappear.” He stopped and looked again at Sam. Then he began to walk again, looking intently at the log building. “We’ll finish the cabin. Then we’ll sell it.” His voice took on an air of enthusiasm. “We’ll find another place and build another lodge. I’ll sell the cow and the goats. The chickens, too. I only got them because I thought Sally and I would need them. Besides, you never liked the milk anyway.”
He stopped for a second time, turned to Sam and chuckled. “We don’t need them.” He walked over to Sam, placing both hands on the man’s shoulders and looking into his eyes, smiling broadly. “We’ll live off the land; hunt and sell the skins to Dexter, just you and me, Molly and Wolf. We’ll live like your people do.”