Page 43 of Wasted Oil

"Hey Xav, Yeah, she should be in the back, go right in.” X walks in without another word leaving me to deal with Alex alone.

"I know, I know, I'm late. I’m sorry.” She sets her hands on her waist, cocking her hip to one side not saying anything.

"The silent treatment Goose? Really?”

Still not saying anything she puts up ten fingers.

"Ten minutes? Or ten seconds?”

Slowly, she puts down one finger after another until she hits one.

"Okay, now that you’ve learned your lesson, I have your old lady coffee waiting and we have plans in Abilene. Let’s move it!”

She pulls me inside, the aroma of coffee and books hitting me in the face. She takes me to the section that is occupied by a loveseat handing me the coffee, my mouth automatically salivating at the rich, creamy goodness in the mug.

"Btw Mav, I know your truck is in the shop.” She gives me her infamous grin, my eyes narrowing in on her.

"You set me up for failure, Didn’t you?”

She lifts her arms in an "Im innocent til proven guilty, way."

"The world may never know. But its also not my fault that your so stuck in tierra de fantasía that you forgot yourself. Now hop to it, slurp that shit down and lets get going.” She claps her hands walking to get her purse and keys.

Without turning my head, I give her a side eye.

"RJ teach you that one?"

She whips her head towards me lifting the shoulder all chipper.

"Nope, google."

“Can we just stay here and rest?”

“You’ll have plenty of rest where we’re going.”

She says walking out the door.

“Hi Ladies and welcome to Haven Spa. I'm Jessie. How can I help you today?"

The woman behind the reception desk appears and greets us wearing a bright smile and hair as high as the Eiffel tower.

"Hi, yes, an appointment under Daniels for a couples massage and two mani pedis.” She goes to work typing away on her computer.

“Ah, yes, right this way.”

I hook my arm with hers following the lead of the tall blonde bombshell. She takes us down a long dim lighted hallway filled with pictures of mountains and what looked like natural springs as we come up to a room that has two massage tables ready.

“Alright ladies, here we are, I hope you enjoy. If you need anything else please don’t hesitate to ask any of the staff.” With that she leaves us to undress and get comfortable.

“Thank you so much Goose. You have no idea how much I needed this! Its been literally years since I last got a massage that good where it knocked my lights out.”

“Don’t mention it! You know I’m a sucker for a good girls day out.” Everything had turned out wonderful, sadly we have to go back to reality.

“Rhett, where are you taking me?” I'm currently blindfolded trying not to fall as Rhett guides me to our date. After Alex dropped me off to pick up my truck we headed back to The Den where there was a bouquet of daisies waiting for me with a note saying, 'Tomorrow when the sun starts to set meet me at our spot'—and just a little lower is 'Please forgive me.'

"Just relax beautiful, almost there just a couple more steps.” Still following his lead coming to a complete stop.

"Okay, you can take off the blindfold.”

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