Diamonds and Gold
After being part of a plane crash with her sister and her soccer team in high school, Quinn Meyer retreats to her own wilderness to escape the public eye and live a life of solitude.
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Tommy sat on the stool and watched her nimble hands work. Chop. Dice. Mince. With her few jokes thrown in the midst and her winning smile, she could have had her own show.
Or a YouTube channel at the very least.
If she even knew what that was.
He let his eyes wander the kitchen of the small cabin as she animatedly explained the steps of dispatching and processing 12 Cornish game hens earlier that morning. He was familiar with the process of rabbit, hunting in the woods with Arthur when they were young but listening to her speak about culling the animal so casually while she added arugula to the salad bowl was compelling.
Dark olives and real wood accents, with windows opening up into the dense lush woods that surrounded them provided a buffer from the traffic that could be heard miles up the road.
It was solitary, in a way that he knew Quinn preferred.
