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“Okay, good. You two just get somewhere safe, and soon. I’ll reach out with an update tomorrow.”
“Thanks, Levi,” Hudson said, and quickly ended the call before I had a chance to speak.
“Rude much? What if I wasn’t done with the conversation?”
“He was. I was.” Hudson pointed up ahead. “Turn in there and let’s see if they have any rooms.”
I scoffed. “You do knowI’mthe one in charge here. You’re the one wrecking shit.”
“Just fucking pull in so I can get out of this car.”
With that, I slowed down even more. “You know, I haven’t heard so much as a thank you since I picked you up. Surely you can muster up a little gratitude. It’s really not that hard. Just say, ‘Drew, my knight in shining armor, how can I ever thank you for risking your life to save mine?’”
He snorted. “You wouldn’t risk your life for anyone or anything, much less mine.”
“Come on, you can do it. Only two little words,” I said, ignoring his dig at me.
“Fine, here’s two: Stop. There.” He pointed again at the motel, and I wrinkled my nose. But reluctantly pulled into the drive anyway.
Before I could put the car in park, Hudson had popped open the door and was running to the front office. I tried not to take his quick exit personally. He was always dying to get away from me; this wasn’t anything new.
Not even a minute later, Hudson was back and somehow even wetter than he was before.
“Soon I’ll be able to swim in here,” I said, shaking my head at the puddle he made. “Did you get us rooms?”
“Nothing available.”
“Seriously?”
“No. Why don’t you go double-check in case I somehow missed the words ‘no vacancy’?”
“Fine. No need to be all prickly about it.” I backed out of the spot and got back on the road, but I had to admit, I was ready to get somewhere dry without a risk of hydroplaning again.
“The guy said there’s only one other place to try up here—everything else is on the island.”
“And if they don’t have any rooms?”
Hudson sighed, his eyes weary. “Don’t even joke about that.”
A couple minutes later, a small hotel came into view, and thank God it was an upgrade from the last place. There was even a covered area by the front door to park while you checked in, though it didn’t do much to shield anything from the sideways rain.
I shut off the car and ran inside with Hudson, willing to charm the pants off anyone to make sure we’d have a place to sleep tonight that wasn’t my rental car.
Instantly I was left regretting that decision when a gust of wind kicked up a spray of rain that soaked me in two seconds flat.
“Great. Just great,” I said as we walked through the lobby, our shoes squeaking and leaving pools of water in our wake.
The woman at the front desk looked bored, but stood up when we approached.
“Hi,” I said, flashing her a smile I didn’t currently feel. “Would your wonderful establishment happen to have accommodation for us tonight?”
“We do. One night?”
I nodded as Hudson practically collapsed in relief.
“You’re a lifesaver,” I said. “Thank you.” As she typed something in the computer, I pulled out my wallet. “We’ll need two rooms. Your best two, please.”
She stopped typing. “You said one.”
