I sure didn’t have any when I heard him talk about it, though.
20
DEAN
Strawberry Springs Neighborhood Watch
Atticus Thompson:So, we all saw that bobcat on the loose, right?
Comments:
Jade Clark:That was a leopard, DEFINITELY. You don’t have to be nice about it.
Kerry Winsor:So you DID all see my new threads?
Jade Clark:Threads? Dear God, Kerry. It’s not Halloween yet.
Kerry Winsor:I looked AMAZING.
Atticus Thompson:People. Focus. I’m talking about an actual bobcat. Not the eyesore Kerry wore.
Kerry Winsor:EYESORE???
When I pulledup to the hotel, I let out a sigh of relief. This place wasn’t home, but it was a bed that I could passout in, and now that I knew everything was okay with Grace, that was exactly what I would be doing.
I parked next to a tractor that was pulled in sideways, thinking about how odd this town could be. Shady Acres used to have things like this when the town was full of farmers, but that had faded over the years.
I found myself letting out a laugh as I walked to my room. After putting in the keycard, I was about to fall face down on my bed and be dead to the world.
But then I heard the shower was on.
I paused, wondering if there could be a leak. The hotel was old, and it would be my luck that something broke while I was away.
It couldn’t be aperson. I was in the middle of nowhere. What would be the odds of a break-in?
If I hadn’t been so tired, maybe I would have made a better decision, but I’d barely slept, so that was the only reason for me shuffling to the bathroom.
The entire room was full of steam, which meant this had to have been happening for a while. I pulled the white curtain back to see what was happening with the water. What I was met with would be burned into my memory for the rest of my life.
“Hey!” a rough voice said. “Don’t you kids know how to knock?”
I saw far too many wrinkles, an entire ass, and a dick that wasn’t my own.
A scream made its way out of my mouth and I shut the curtain. “Hugh!” I yelled as I squeezed my eyes shut. “What the absolute hell are you doing in my hotel room?”
“What areyoudoing inmyhotel room?” The water shut off and the curtainopened.
I let out a yelp and stumbled out of the bathroom. I didnotneed to see that again.
“Put some clothes on, man!”
“What? You’ve never seen an ass before?” I heard shuffling, but Hugh didn’t move fast. I wasn’t opening my eyes until it was safe.
“Why are you in a hotel?” I asked. “Don’t you live in town?”
“My hot water’s been busted for years. Sometimes I want a hot shower.”
“And you chose mine?”