Chapter 36

"As a matter of fact, I do. I don't care for the intense heat in the middle of summer in the valley, but the temperatures here in the mountains stay pretty comfortable. I even enjoy the cool night air. It's refreshing. Of course, the snow in the winter is picture perfect. It's beautiful and so peaceful. What about Colorado? Do you like it there?"

She watched the flames licking up the walls of the fireplace and took a sip of her hot tea before she answered.

"Yes, but it's different. It's much drier and the weather's not very dependable. Sometimes even in June we could get a large amount of snow and damaging hail throughout the summer. And in winter we could have days with seventy- to seventy-five-degree temperatures."

"What about your apartment? What's it like?" he asked.