Page 11 of Day

“Like what you see?” she teased, and I covered my face in my hands.

“I’ll see you later, honey.”  She walked up to me and pressed a kiss to my hands before leaving the boat.

I stayed there, stunned. This could not be happening to me. What the hell was I going to do?

“Obviously you have to stay married for a month, asshole,” I said to myself.

Dropping my hands, I looked around my cabin, taking in all the damage I’d caused.  Fuck. If it started raining tonight, my cabin was screwed. Seahill was notorious for crazy weather. It would be sunny for one day then rain for three in a row right after. Plus, it was getting cold.  I cursed and got dressed before grabbing my tarp from the storage closet by the helm.  Once the tarp was secured so the weather wouldn’t screw up my boat, I decided I needed to take a walk. Work out everything that happened and try to remember last night in more detail.

It was just my luck that I would get so pissed drunk that I would get married to a cage dancer in a city that wouldn’t let you get divorced right away. I get that the city was trying to discourage quickie weddings and hasty divorces. But that obviously didn’t factor in to my thinking last night.

My hands were tucked into my pockets to stay warm as I walked through the marina.

Would my new wife truly be coming back with stuff to put in my boat? She seemed like a nut bag. Maybe she would just move on and we could wait out the month timeline separately.

The more the thought stayed in my head, the more I figured it was a good idea. I did not want to be married, and I was asshole enough to avoid her till our time was over. My curse was mine to bear, and I wouldn’t demand anyone take that heavy load onto their shoulders.

She didn’t seem scared when I knocked holes into my boat, but that didn’t mean she wasn’t running like hell now. She was pretty quick to leave this morning.

My head was a mess, and I still felt like shit.

I walked until I found myself at a familiar door and knocked. It took a few minutes before he answered, but once I looked into the eyes of my friend, everything that happened just came flooding out of my mouth.