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    Coming g out from the bathroom, & vigorously ruffled my damp hair with the soft terrycloth of the towel. My fingers worked through the tangled strands and teased out the knots as I went.


    For some reason, I seemed to have forgotten to bring towels, and the ones I was given here were smaller than I needed. Maybe I should have emphasized that I didn''t want a face towel? Faced with limited options, I opted to utilize the diminutive cloth only for my hair. After all, I was the only one upying the space, which gives me me the luxury of air-drying the rest of my body without


    concern.


    I padded across the carpet, my bare feet sinking into its soft fibers as I positioned myself in front of the mirror standing by the wall.


    I''d resumed my task of methodically working the towel through my hair and watching the unruly strands gradually settle into ce when my eyes inadvertently drifted from the mirror to something off on the wall at the room''s furthest end.


    A knob, seemingly out of ce, protruded from the otherwise smooth surface. I had noticed it earlier during my initial inspection of the room. I''d figured out it was actually a door and Imended the design and the designer, as one would never be able to tell that it was a door without taking a closer look. I was about to open the door and sate my curiosity about where it led to when a call interrupted. Now, I focused my attention on it again, back to wondering what was behind the door.


    Perhaps it was a cabin filled with dark secrets of the ancient kings and queens who once existed on thisnd. I snorted at my ridiculous thoughts. Maybe, it would be their skeletons. Or the skeletons of the people they unfairly killed. Or maybe it would be a pirate''s treasure that has been locked away for years. I imagined a bunch of pirates storming into the lodge and demanding for their treasure.


    I was smiling at my own joke when the door that had quickly taken over my mind in the past seconds was pushed open.


    I froze as I caught a glimpse of someone before the door was immediately shut close without a m.


    I blinked at the closed door wondering if I had just made up what I would like to see. But I didn''t. Anastasia just opened that door and saw me.


    I walked away from the mirror and hurried to the door. felt mischievous as I pressed my ear to it and listened intently, I couldn''t help the smile that my lips stretched into as I heard the harsh sound of things scrapping a surface.


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    To my delight, the scrapping sounds suddenly stopped. Then there was a knock on the door followed by hurried movements. There was a brief silence before my ears picked up the muffled voices that came from the other side..


    I


    I wondered who she was talking to as I strained to hear their words or just recognize one of the voices, preferably Ana''s.


    I surprised myself when I started to contemte opening the door.


    Before I could start to further nurse any idea or even act on them, my phone rang out loudly, breaking the highly appreciated silence.


    I red at the direction that the sound came from as I stalked toward the sound and grabbed the phone.


    I tipped my head back and let out a groan at the picture that shed on the phone''s screen; It was a selfie of Sharon with a big smile on her face. She was calling me on video call. Why? I wondered irritatingly.


    I watched the phone ring as I mulled over the idea of not picking up the call. But just as that thought crossed my mind, the call ended. My phone''s screen had barely turned off when it lit up again and started to ring.


    If persistence was a person. It was Sharon.


    I immediately discarded any thought of ignoring the call. If I didn''t answer the phone, Sharon would not give up. She would only end up bothering me throughout the night till the next day and even days after that with her incessant calls and texts. So I might as well just get this over with now.


    Hesitantly, I swiped right.


    "Hey."


    Her eyes widened as she stared at my chest longingly. "That is one hell of


    time. You just showered?"


    "Obviously," I rolled my eyes with a small forced smile.


    sight. I called at the very right


    She blew out her cheeks and fanned her face with her fingers, "You are a wet hot Gk god right now. I wish I was there."