It’s not near any major highways, there’s only one road on the mountain that leads up here, and I don’t think there are any neighbors for a few miles in any direction. Looks like the kind of place a man could go and get away from it all for a while.”

 

Gabriel had just described all of the reasons why I had decided to sell the property to begin with. It was much too far away from civilization to suit my taste. I got lost twice the first time I came out here, and had to spend nearly an hour driving around on isolated back roads before I finally found the place. I wondered why Gabriel wanted to live so far out of the way.

 

“Why don’t we go ahead and take a look inside the cabin?” Kristina chimed in.

 

“Sure, let’s go on in.” I replied.

 

I unlocked the door to the cabin and held it open for the two of them. I couldn’t help but notice the way Kristina’s hips and butt filled out her tight fitting pants as she walked by. I stepped inside after them and looked around for a light to switch on. It took me a few seconds to remember that the cabin had no electricity.

 

Gabriel stood in the middle of the common room, silently looking around and nodding to himself. He looked ridiculously huge in contrast to the small space. After a moment, he went to either end of the cabin to take a brief look into the bedrooms. He stopped by the wood stove near the back wall and squatted down in front of it. The cast iron hinges on the door made a loud metallic squeal as he opened it and looked inside.

 

A thick layer of dust covered every flat surface inside the cabin. I looked over at Kristina, who was standing in a corner of the kitchen with her hands primly clasped behind her back. She was watching Gabriel intently, no doubt gauging his reaction. Her smile looked a bit strained, and I guessed that she was not impressed with the décor. Gabriel stood up from in front of the stove and planted his feet in the center of the room, hands on his hips.

 

“It’s perfect.” He said. “I’ll take it.”

 

No one in the room was more surprised than me. Kristina rescued the moment from becoming awkward.

 

“That fantastic, Mr. Garrett, but we haven’t really had time to put together any kind of an offer. Are you sure you don’t want some more time to think about it?”

 

If the petite real estate agent had not been so damned adorable, I probably would have been pissed at her.

 

“Oh, that won’t be necessary. I’ll just pay the list price.” Gabriel replied.

 

“Well that’s great.” I said. “Do you need some time to put together financing?”

 

“No, that won’t be necessary either. I’ll be paying by certified check. Would that be sufficient Mr. Riordan?”

 

“That would be just fine, Gabe, and please call me Eric.” I smiled as I replied.

 

I turned to Kristina, and I would not have been surprised if she had started jumping up and down and clapping her hands in excitement. She was looking at receiving a substantial commission. The cabin sat on over two hundred acres of land, and the price tag was in the high six-figures.

 

“Well, pretty lady, I think we just made your job a lot easier.” I said.

 

She gave me a smile that made me feel warm all the way down to my toes.

 

“Yeah, I guess you did. Tell you what, when we get back to town I’ll make a few calls and see if we can set up a closing date.” She said, beaming.

 

We filed out of the cabin and I followed them over to their car. I thanked Gabriel for being such an easy guy to work with, and endured the pain of another one of his handshakes. Then I turned my attention to the lovely Kristina.

 

“It was really nice meeting you.” I said.