Fire Lodge ( jenlisa )

Part 15

Lisa helped get the guests checked out and then went to order the flowers for Sana.

First she dialed the number Jennie had given her for Chaeyoung. It rang half a dozen times and was probably about to go to voicemail when someone finally answered it.

"Hello?" The woman on the other end of the line had obviously had to scramble for the phone.

"Hi. This is Lisa from Fire Lodge. Is this Chaeyoung?"

"No, this is Mina. Chaeyoung can't get to the phone right now. Maybe I could help you?"

Lisa remembered that Mina was one of Chaeyoung's girlfriends (how did that even work?) so she hoped Mina would have the information she needed. "I hope so. We wanted to send flowers to Sana. Do you know which hospital she's in? And her room number?"

"I've got that written down right over here. Just a second."

Lisa got the information from Mina, then signed off with "We're looking forward to seeing you later this week."

"We're looking forward to it too - our time at Fire Lodge is one of our favorite times of the year."

After getting off the phone with Mina, Lisa checked online for a list of florists that delivered to that hospital. The she remembered she'd need to get the debit card from Jennie.

After seeing that Jennie wasn't at the front desk, Lisa used the phone to call her room. Jennie answered on the first ring "Hello?"

"Hi Jennie. Its Lisa."

"Oh! We were supposed to go for a walk this morning, weren't we? I'll meet you at the front desk in just a few minutes."

"Well, that sounds great, but actually I was calling to get the debit card so I can order the flowers for Sana."

"It's in the bottom of the register drawer. You go ahead and finish that, and I should be up there by the time you're done.

It actually took Jennie longer to make it to the desk than it took Lisa to order the flowers, so she had some time left over to worry about the walk and what she was going to say and how Jennie might respond and what if Dahyun was wrong and . . . and . . ."

Lisa closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm herself. She was interrupted by someone patting her on her hand "Are you OK?"

Jumping a little, she opened her eyes and saw that it was Jennie. "Oh, ummm, yeah, I'm fine. I was just doing a mindfulness exercise while I was waiting for you."

"Oh, like meditation? My mom used to meditate every day. I don't seem to have the time or the patience to. Anyway, you ready for a walk?"

"Sure!"

As they were putting on their jackets, Jennie said "We're going to be staying kind of close to the lodge, and the forecast today is for clear whether, so we shouldn't need the blizzard kit, but I want you to carry it anyway, so you get used to the feel of it on your back."

"Sure thing!" Jennie grabbed one of the blaze orange backpacks hanging in the staff area. She checked the contents - first aid kit, rope, bottled water, emergency food, space blanket - and repacked them under Jennie's approving eye.

"And now," Jennie said, "I think we're ready to go."

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Jisoo sat on a stool watching Chaeyoung do the dishes.

"Oh yes," Chaeyoung said laughing. "I'm building up all kinds of good karma. Once your hand heals, I won't have to do dishes for at least a week."

"You're the head chef," Jisoo pointed out. "You can do that anyway."