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The Donnelly

Bed & Breakfast

Crashing through the front doors of the old building, they looked like a pair of snow-monsters Every surface of their bodies was covered in sleet and ice The other guests, sitting co area, rushed to take their coats They were given towels to dry off, and told to stand by the fire They were even handed hotcoffee

Arriving there like that, actually h the storm? It was Kara’s favorite part of the whole damned trip

Their hosts, a char Christle vacancy left “But it’s a little pricey,” the woman leaned in confidentially, “because it’s the honeymoon suite”

Of course it is, Kara laughed inwardly

Jereh that it actually seemed to alared

“The honeymoon suite,” he chuckled “Xiomara would shit”

“Yeah,” she agreed “But I think that’s what I like most about it”

It was about then, as they thawed the fire, that they realized they were absolutely fa but stale candy bars and reconstituted hot chocolate

Food was brought out to them — leftovers from the hosts’ own dinner They tore into it as politely as possible, then spent another hour just sitting around, listening to the other guests Jerene, but no one really had anything interesting to say Not even the Donnelly’s, if that’s who these people actually were

In the end their retired to their room, which was a cozy master suite at the very top of the house A s stove sat in one corner It was already stoked and running Windows looked out over three different directions, all of the darkness

“Comfy,” said Jeremy

Kara didn’t reply She walked straight past him, into a quaint little bathroom, and turned on the shower

“OH MY GOD…”