Joel drove her back to her place in his dark red truck. Driving slow and making the ride the few miles seem to take a lot longer than it should of. She was still trying to work it all out in her mind. What was she going to do now? It wasn’t like there were a lot of job openings for making drinks in the area. She had spent almost all of her money and now she was stuck with no job.
“So are you going to go back there?”
“Of course not. I can’t work with that kind of guy. I don’t know what I will do, but going back isn’t an option.”
“Good, I wish somebody would put him out of business. Believe me when I say that you are not the first employee that he has tried that with.”
She looked at him strangely for a minute. “Do you know him?”
“Yes, he’s family unfortunately.”
That made what he had just done even more surprising. “I’m sorry if I caused problems with your family.”
“It’s okay. I just wish that he wasn’t related to me sometimes.”
“I have a few in my own family that way. Do you want to come in for a drink or something?”
“No, I am sure you need some sleep after such a stressing day.”
“Please. I don’t really want to be with alone right now. Just a drink?”
He finally gave in but it was clear that he wasn’t so sure about it. She didn’t like the way she sounded, desperate, but she was still shaking and did not want to be by herself. Joel was the only positive constant around her at the moment.
Putting the truck in park, he followed her up to the small apartment.
“So what do you do?”
“I work on a ranch like most people around here.”
She was having trouble with the keys and he took it from her to help it along. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Just shaky I guess. Not really what I expected when I moved here. I wanted an adventure, but this is ridiculous.”
“You came here for an adventure?” His look was sardonic when he pushed the door in. She moved passed him and turned on a table lamp when she got in. Moving towards the kitchen, Kendra tried to steady her hands, but they were just as bad as before. She was the type to freak out after an event happened and her mind was on a drink.
“Vodka or beer?”
“Those are some interesting choices. What are you having?”
“Vodka, definitely vodka.”
“Sounds good.”
She moved to the freezer and pulled out the chilled bottle. “I don’t have anything to mix it with, so shots?”
He nodded, his dark eyes taking in the woman in front of him. There was nothing else to look at, nearly everything still in boxes. She was tall and looked out of place in the surroundings. Her clothes were just too clean, her skin too pale for the daily dose of sun that most people got working outside. Her hair was long and black, her eyes the color of the stormy sky. When she looked back up at him and caught him staring, she smiled sheepishly.
She slid the glass to him, “Here.” Her own drink was downed with a disgusted face and then another poured. He didn’t think she drank like that usually, her face too expressive for that. “Might want to slow down.”
Kendra laughed. “I should have thought about that before I came here. Now I have to find another job here.”
“Everything always works out.”
She didn’t seem convinced, but after another drink, the numbing effects were taking over and her care was less. Still standing on the other side of the counter, Kendra walked back to the living room. “Do you want to watch a movie or something?”
He nodded, but Joel was not really thinking about movies. It was clear what his brother had saw in her, but she was in a way off limits to him now because of his mistakes. Sitting down next to her, he had to fight the urges that her body brought forth. She moved towards him, laying her head on his chest and she left him holding his breath. “I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t been there Joel. Thank you.”
Kendra was not used to drinking and she wasn’t too worried about anything. Her eyelids were getting heavy and she didn’t make it passed the first ten minutes of the film before she was asleep. Joel looked down at her closed eyes and then the semi-chub in his pants. It was not going to end with satisfaction and he groaned inwardly. Glancing around, he wanted to help her in some way, push her to stay in a small way by making sure that she felt at home. It was a strong thing to feel about a stranger, but Joel knew that he didn’t want her to leave.
He stayed next to her for some time, listening to her breathe and loving the way her small body felt against him. She may have been tall, but she felt like she weighed nothing against him. All Joel could focus on was the warmth emanating off of her and the way she whimpered every now and then. Her hands gripped his shirt front like she didn’t want to let him go. Joel’s heart softened as she slept halfway on top of him.
Moving away finally, he laid her down on the sofa with a pillow.
Pushing his cock down, he looked around at the undone mess around him. He had to be back soon, early mornings for him with the animals, but he didn’t want to leave her. Joel knew he had to, but he wanted to see her again, needed to even.
Writing a note, he stayed around for a while and then left quietly into the night. The day had turned out so differently than he could have imagined. He hadn’t even thought of being with another woman for a while and there she comes, seemingly out of nowhere to bring back the feelings he thought were lost forever.