“Ah, yeah, that makes more sense.”
Sutton and Lyla laugh as we slow and turn into a gravel parking lot. The place looks like an old cabin. It’s an A-frame with a bright red door and a sign on the side that proclaims that we’ve reached the world-famous Mystery Cabin.
“You work here?” I ask as we park and climb out.
“Yeah. My great uncle owns it. We’re in the gift shop,” Sutton says, leading me to the back door.
They enter first and I look around as I follow them. There’s a mini putt-putt golf course off to the side and a sign leading to a zip line farther back. I don’t know what I was expecting from a place called the Mystery Cabin, but it wasn’t this.
We head inside and I look around the gift shop. The place screams tourist trap, but I still love it.
“Welcome to the Mystery Cabin!” an old man in a suit says, waving his arms out wide to encompass the glory that is the gift shop.
“She’s with us, Stan,” Lyla says and the man’s smile dims and falls in an instant.
“Good. I’m grabbing something to eat,” he says, turning but Lyla stops him and hands him a muffin that she must have taken from Madelyn’s house.
“Was thinking of you,” she says, batting her eyes at him and he just grunts out a thanks before he heads out of a side door.
The gift shop door opens and a black and white dog sprints in.
“Bandit!” Sutton calls and the dog skids to a stop and turns to head behind the counter.
“Sorry, he’s got so much energy in the morning,” Sutton says but I just smile.
“It’s no problem. I love dogs. I just wasn’t expecting one to come bursting through the door,” I say with a laugh.
“Sorry, that was my fault. I didn’t know that we had guests already,” a tall guy in a backward baseball hat says as he comes inside.
“Record, this is my boyfriend and the Mystery Cabin’s handyman, Teller. Teller, this is Record. She’s Madelyn and Flynn’s friend from college and she’s here for a visit,” Sutton says.
“Nice to meet you,” he says, shaking my hand before he heads behind the counter to drop a kiss on Sutton’s lips.
“Ready for that tour?” Lyla asks, wiggling her eyebrows at me and I grin.
“Let’s do it.”