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“I know,” she said. “This is…”
“Sure,” I said. I stepped back. “Come in. Um, my place is yours now.”
“Are you sure?”
“Positive. Just give me a second and let me make sure I have hot water. You know, just in case something is broken in the entire hotel.”
“I can do that myself, Joe.”
“Right.”
We stood there almost awkward.
What are you really doing here, Anna?
A shower?
You could have asked for a new room.
Or just waited.
I was not going to say a thing like that to her.
Because the thought of her here.
In my room.
In the bathroom.
Naked.
Showering.
It almost felt like a dirty movie was about to come to life.
Calm the fuck down.
The four word warning I offered myself.
This was not going to turn into anything.
It couldn’t turn into anything.
Even with temptation circling around.
I looked at the handful of small bottles of booze the room had to offer.
It was nowhere near enough for me to get through having Anna in my room -in my shower- and for me to keep myself calm and contained.
Anna went into the bathroom and shut the door.
I heard the water turn on.
I opened the first tiny of bottle of whiskey and downed in a second.
I licked my lips.
I stared in the general direction of the bathroom.
