Chapter 30: Violet
I was proud of myself. My first delivery order and it didn’t go completely terrible. Now we wait. I went out to the jeep and grabbed the other bags that included my clothes. I would have to wait until tomorrow to organize them. I couldn’t even think about doing any more housework. I brought everything in and set it down in the little alcove under the staircase out of the way. I dug through the bags and found a fresh pair of underwear, shorts, and an oversized sweater.
I turned on the shower and let the water heat up. I pulled my toiletry bag out and started to set out the little bottles of soap and body wash on the windowsill next to the tub. Steam started to roll out of the tub, I stripped and hopped in. The heat from the water made my skin turn red within seconds. It loosened my tense muscles and I wet my body and hair. I worked the shampoo through, then conditioner. I scrubbed my body with my loofah. I scrubbed until I felt clean. I rinsed off and then turned off the faucet. I let the steam roll out of the tub as I grabbed my towel hung on the towel rack.
This new towel was so soft. I wished I had a blanket like this. I dried off and put on my clean clothes, I left my dirty ones in a pile on the floor. I would need a laundry basket. I had a running list in my head of what I would need. I needed to go grocery shopping in the morning.
I looked down at my phone and saw that about thirty minutes had passed and my food should be arriving soon. I hung my towel back up and went to the couch and turned on the television. I grabbed the firestick remote and clicked the big button. A sign came over the screen, “Not connected to network.”
Well shit. What was I supposed to do? I knew I didn’t have internet and I wouldn’t be able to use the television I just bought. I texted Amy.
“For the firestick, I need internet?”
After a few seconds she responded, “Yeah.”
“I don’t have internet.”
“You can use your phone’s hotspot.”
“What is that?”
Three dots showed up and blinked for a while. “Go to your settings, look for personal hotspot. Click on that. Slide the button that says, allow others to join. Then go back to your firestick and you should see in the networks your phone pop up. Then input the password and BOOM you have internet!”
I followed her instructions and turned on the hotspot. I went back to the firestick and found where I could connect to a network. I saw iPhone 1 listed. That must be my phone. I clicked on it and then added the password. The sign on the television went from not connected to connected. I had internet.
“Thank you 😊”
“Anytime! Download Netflix and here is my username: SpicyBitch69 and Password: slutfodicks6969.”
I busted out laughing at her username and password. “Very creative.”
“I thought so 😉”
I searched for Netflix and downloaded it. I inputted her username and password. It pulled up a screen that had movie titles listed. I clicked through the movie titles. Under ‘For You’ most of them looked dark and violent. I could see Amy had a taste for horror movies. When I was young, I used to love being scared and jumping. But I didn’t want to start off in my new home with a horror movie. I wanted something light and fun.
A knock came at the door. I didn’t hear them drive up. But of course, I was distracted by the movies that were in front of me. I jumped up and ran to the door grabbing a hundred from a stack that I had left in a drawer near the doorway. I swung open the door to reveal a broad-shouldered wolf in the doorway. He was young, maybe seventeen or eighteen. His energy wasn’t as strong as the man’s was at the motel. He wasn’t fully grown yet, and I could tell he was going to be huge when he was fully grown.
“Hi.” I said to him.
“Oh, uh hi.” He shifted his gaze from side to side.
What was with these wolves being scared of me? Maybe it’s just the young ones. Madge and Wilber weren’t afraid of me. Really the opposite. They were overly friendly and helped me out, found me a home and made me feel welcome. But these young ones acted like I would rip their hearts out.
I looked down at the boxes in his hand and bag with two big bottles hanging from his wrists. “Is that for me?” I said and smiled at him.
“Oh yeah.” He said, he gave a weak smile back. “Thirty-two, twenty-five.” I handed him the hundred as I took the boxes from his hands. “I can’t break this.” He said, as he handed the bill back to me.
“No change. The extra is yours.” I said and smiled at him again.
“Woah, really?” He looked at the bill as if he had never gotten a really good tip before.
“Yeah of course. You had to come all the way out here to deliver my food. It’s the least I could do.”
“Wow! Thank you!” he said, turned on his heel and walked away. His demeanor changed quickly from nervous to ecstatic. “Bye.” He yelled from his old car that had a light on the top that said, “Mama Maggio’s Pizza.” He barely fit into the cabin. I could only imagine he put the seat all the way back to accommodate his height.
I gave a slight wave as I closed and locked the door. I swiftly made my way back to the living room where I sat the boxes and bag on the coffee table. Flipped open the top and my mouth began to water. I didn’t realize how hungry I was. I grabbed a big slice and took a bite. The saltiness from the ham and the sweetness from the pineapple mixed in my mouth. Only a few seconds went by, and my slice was gone. I flipped open the smaller box and saw the cheesy sticks. I took one and dipped it into the marinara. Everything was so good. I twisted off the cap on the Sprite and drank directly from the two-liter bottle.
“Ugh! Everything is so good.” I said to no one and grabbed another slice of pizza. Now that I had some food, I wiped off one hand on a napkin and grabbed the remote. I flicked through the movies and continued to bite into my slice of pizza. I settled on a romantic comedy. It looked good enough to entertain me for the night.
As the movie started to play, I looked around the room. I felt safe and at home. Something I haven’t felt in ten years. I got absorbed into the lives of the characters on the screen and laughed through the movie. I was home.