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Bringing Brynn along is the opposite of what I’m trying to accomplish by keeping my distance until I get her on a plane and head back home.
With Brynn’s tight deadline coming up, I doubt she’ll agree anyway, and since she’s not awake yet, I’ll be gone before she gets up.
After our conversation, I take off my boxers and step under the shower spray letting the hot stream of water run over my aching muscles from all the hours I spent outside yesterday.
The smell of my body wash pulls me back to two nights ago when I inhaled the same fragrance in Brynn’s hair all night long.
For a second, I’m taken back to the feeling of her against me, but I know better than to let myself go back to that night. Rubbing one out to the memory of a terrified Brynn is too fucked up, even for me.
After she leaves, I’ll have to pick up a different bottle of the men’s three-in-one shampoo because this one no longer smells like an ordinary body wash. Now this fragrance is attached to a memory, a memory I need to forget.
I dry off, get dressed, and then head for the kitchen to leave Brynn a note.
Right as I finish telling Brynn that I’ll be gone for the day, I hear her door open.
I guess telling her in person works too.
“Good morning,” she says, turning into the kitchen.
“Did you sleep well?” I ask.
“I did. And I got a lot of work done yesterday,” her eyes connect with the pen in my hand and the notebook that I’m hovering over. “Did you see the note I left you about dinner?”
She made me a plate of food and left it in the fridge. It wasn’t necessary for her to go out of her way. I appreciate the effort anyway and I inhaled the food.
“I did. The food was good. Thanks for doing that.”
She nods.
“What are you writing?”
“I was leaving you a note to tell you that Rita needs a hand at Scallywag's. I’m going to round up my tools and head over there. I’m not sure how long I’ll be gone, but you’ll have the house to write alone again today.”
Her eyes go wide with excitement.
“You’re going out? Can I come too? I’m feeling a little claustrophobic after being stuck in this house for almost four days. I could use some fresh air.”
She’s right; she hasn’t been out since the night she showed up at my front door days ago.
I don’t blame her for wanting to get out and Rita will keep her entertained. It’s not as if I won’t be busy the entire time anyway.
“Sure, but I need to leave soon—”
“I’ll be fast, I promise. Just let me change and brush my teeth. I’ll be two minutes, tops.”
The second I nod in agreement, Brynn turns around and races down the hallway as if I’m timing her.
“Bring your laptop. We might be there awhile,” I yell after her.
I head out to my garage to load up my black four-door Jeep with all of the tools I might need to work on the generator and any other surprises that might come up while I’m there.
At the very least, I should check on the roof since it’s also made of clay roof tiles and a few have looked a little loose to me this summer.
I don’t want any of those to come loose after the storm and whack someone in the head when they’re coming in or out of the restaurant.
“I’m ready!” I hear Brynn say.
I’m standing at the back of the jeep with the back gate open, loading up my toolboxes, when I look up to see Brynn.
