That smile was far more dangerous than even the broad shoulders or tightly muscled arms only inches away from her. To distract herself, River changed the subject. “Do you think we’ll need the crampons? We got them because they were on the list, but I’ve never needed them before.” River pulled a receipt out of her pocket, waving it at him. “I kept thinking you were going to add a kitchen sink. And then you did.”

“It’s not a sink. It’s a lightweight collapsible bowl for washing dishes when we’re lower on the mountain. Believe it or not, fish don’t love soap bubbles in their rivers.”

“And Rivers can read. The label says camping sink. See? Right here. Sink.”

Chuckling, he finished his coffee and folded the paper cup, tucking it in his pocket. “Trust me, you’ll want it. And we won’t need the crampons at first, but we’ll be climbing a glacier once we get above the tree line. You’ll be glad when the mountain turns into one massive Slip ‘N Slide.”

“Is it bad I might enjoy that?”

“Yes, because it’s my job to dive after you.”

River gave a playful sigh. “And we were never heard from again. At least it was good while it lasted.”

“We’ll always have the police station,” he agreed placidly.

“And the weird bucket sink that’s not a sink but is totally a sink.”

Silence, then Easton looked over at her. “They aren’t coming, are they?”

“They’re probably running from Officer Jonah as we speak.”

Easton checked the website on his phone. “They were last seen in—” He paused midsentence, scanning the thread. “The resort lobby.”

“That’s not creepy at all. Where am I?”

A flush reddened his forehead. “Flirting with me in the park across from Dirty Joe’s Coffee Woes.”

She twisted the cup in her hand. “Is that what DJCW stands for?”

“He’s not that dirty,” Easton assured her.

“But he is or at some point has been dirty. Enough to have earned the nickname Dirty Joe.”

His mouth twitched upward again.

Suddenly, the coffee in her cup was far less appealing. “Your town is the weirdest town, you know that, right?”

“We do our best. You need to call your people, but you and I can go over most of this together now. That’ll cut the least into their filming time. And running from Jonah time.”

There really was no arguing with his logic. She had no choice but to agree.