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I listen for a little while to hear what he does next, and then I doze off again before I hear him leave the kitchen.
Tomorrow is another day, and I plan to be up early before he leaves in the morning.
I still owe him an apology for the night of the storm. I'd also like to know if he's heard when the airport will open back up again so I can go home.
I think that’s the best solution for both parties.
Chapter Eleven
Seven
It’s the next day after spending yesterday outside in the rain and wind, trying to assess the damage on both houses.
Rita and I got lucky.
I took a morning run on the beach, running a couple of miles down both sides. Some homes didn’t fare as well as ours.
Broken windows.
Clay roof shingles shattered on the ground.
Downed palm trees that didn’t hold up in the gale-force winds.
Most of the homes that were left in bad shape were abandoned days before the storm hit, and no preparations were made.
On the other hand, Rita and I were prepared, and both of our homes will only need minor repairs.
Some of the stucco on both homes has areas where large items hit the siding and will need some patchwork. Since most of these are purely cosmetic, I’ll hire a good contractor before I leave for Seattle to fix them while I’m gone.
The number of broken branches, palm fronds, and random debris scattered around the beaches and against our homes was significant, and cleaning up those took most of the day.
I made a large pile of organic material and another one of garbage.
I did have to take down two of my solar panels, which must have taken the big hit that I heard right before I heard Brynn in distress that night and brought her into bed with me.
That was yet another mistake.
I knew she’d be a distraction for me if I let her get too close, and her ass against my cock was definitely too close.
I moved her back to her bed as soon as I knew she was through the worst of it and the storm was starting to pass us.
Then, the moment I walked in and saw that she had made me dinner, I knew that she had a kindness about her that I haven't seen in another person in a long time.
She’s beautiful and a smart, accomplished author.She's also about ten years younger than me, with her entire life in front of her. No doubt she probably wants a family. Something I've also thought I'd have by now. But then my ex happened.
Letting Bynn sleep in my bed and waking up to her in the morning would be too easy a temptation. Which is why I moved her as soon as the storm settled down last night and she was fast asleep.
I need to keep boundaries between us, and my cock pushing up against her ass cheeks all night was the reminder that we need to keep a large gap, both physically and otherwise, between us.
I meant what I whispered to myself in that bed.
Brynn is trouble, a danger to my current plans to not let another woman into my life who can set fire to everything I care about.
It’s been eighteen years since anyone’s been capable of doing that and I don’t plan on handing anyone else the matches and gasoline again.
I head into the house after my run to take a shower and then get back to work,
I still have a lot to do to clean up the beach and a few more things to do on both houses, but I’m not in as big of a rush this morning since most of the time-sensitive repairs that could cause water damage were fixed yesterday.
