When she did, every muscle in her body was stiff and sore. Jonathan helped by roughly massaging her shoulders, arms and back until she tried to crawl ...away so he’d stop.Finally sitting down and facing him, she said, “This is usually the time when the guy sez, ‘Okaaay, see ya ’round, babe,’ and disappears.”Jonathan didn’t reply. He just stared at her, not understanding.“That bad, huh?” Dani asked, sounding disappointed. “Oh, well – it was great while it lasted…”Standing up, she looked around for. It was all I could do to patiently wait for her to finish in the bathroom. When I heard the hair dryer, I assumed she was nearly done. It wasn’t long afterward that she came out, wrapped in a towel. ‘I hope you don’t mind, I put your things in your suitcase as neatly as I could. I thought we could get an early start and have breakfast up the road a bit,’ I explained. It sounded lame, especially to me. ‘What the rush?’ She looked curious rather than upset. ‘Just thought we could make some early. I looked up just as a young looking boy entered he went to the bar and ordered a pint, the barman asked for I.D., the boy showed his drivers licence and the barmen pulled the pint. The young man crossed to the table he asked if the chair was, free. I invited him to sit. He told me it was his 18th birthday but he was living in digs and had no one to celebrate. His mother had called in the morning and he was all alone.I bought him another pint and offered to buy him dinner. He thanked me and. She showered and dressed then went out to the kitchen. She stood for a moment, trying to identify the smells. ‘Hey. That’s the thing you made me before. Huevos rancheros.’ She laughed. ‘I can’t believe you remember that.’ ‘I remember things. Like how you don’t eat.’ He gestured to the table. ‘Have a seat.’ ‘Thanks.’ Ryan sat and drank some orange juice. ‘This is great.’ He chuckled. ‘You haven’t even had the food yet.’ Ryan looked at him. ‘It’s not all about the food.’ x-x-x-x Brody was as.