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“Here,” Hawke said as he came around the corner and held out a bottle of water

“Thanks,” I said

“I don’t haveout of the freezer-”

“No,” I responded quickly “I ate at the airport”

Hawke nodded and I felt a shiver crawl up my spine as his eyes swept ay,a happy dance at his obvious interest I kneas possible he was bisexual, but I didn’t want to risk pissing hi that set him off

“Let ave me the tour of the lower floor so I focused ed to pick up as we strode through the house at an almost unnaturally fast clip

The furniture, what little of it there was, looked brand new, though the décor, like the wallpaper and fixtures, looked like they were froer pieces of furniture were still wrapped in plastic except for one chair There also weren’t any pictures save a sht above the fireplace in the middle of the mantel I couldn’t uy was Hawke and he had his arms wrapped around a pretty blonde woman, presumably his wife

The kitchen was devoid of any kind of appliances on the counter expect for a ser appliances also looked like they were decades old There was no table in the s area

“The bedroom’s upstairs if you want to crash for a while”

Hawke’s voice caught uard because he’d been so quiet the rest of the tiet a couple hours sleep”

“Is your bag in your car?”

I nodded and before I knew it, he was handing me his bottle of water We were back by the front door and as I waited for hilanced back at the picture on theroole armchair that wasn’t wrapped in plastic wasn’t pointed at the TV It was facing the fireplace and the picture above it

I ripped ement when I heard the screen door open Hawke barely looked atpast me and up the stairs I followed hiive me a tour There were several closed doors that we passed until we reached the roo mattress,” Hawke murmured as he led me inside the sparsely furnished room

There was a bed but no headboard and the bedding included a sihtstand were the only other pieces of furniture in the room