Thicket

Freya Nilsen bought the cabin for the quiet and the trail that cut through the thicket between her lot and the next. She expected solitude, late-summer light through the canopy, and the occasional deer. She did not expect the man who already treated the shared path like his own.Diego Quintero is solid, blunt, and not interested in small talk. He maintains the easement, clears the deadfall, and wat...