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happen often, but on occasion, guests could get some pretty crazy stuff into the pipes that clogged them up for a while and running scalding water usually worked, especially in winter. But for tough clogs, it was always deceptive.

Nathan went back to his maintenance room and grabbed a snake and a bucket.

Upstairs, he wrapped softly on the door which was opened by the unamused heavy in the grey sweater. Nathan had that weird feeling in his head again and it fizzed and boiled over when he saw the girl who sat still in a chair at the dining table in the living room, her hands folded in front of her, her head bowed.

The pair seemed weirdly unhappy to be staying at a luxurious ski lodge, especially the girl.

“Sorry about the clog, sir,” Nathan said dutifully. “Fix ya right up. For your trouble, I have a gift card you can use down at—”

“Sure, sure,” the guy said, waving a hand. “Whatever. I generally expect when I get to a hotel room that shit will work but go ahead and fix it.”

Nathan smiled tightly. The guy narrowed his eyes and swiped the gift card from Nathan’s hand as if taking back something that had belonged to him in the first place. Nathan wasn’t quick to anger (that was Cody’s job). He only nodded and said, “Will do.”

Nobody who visited Black Bear Lodge ever expected that the place’s handyman owned a quarter share in the place. They certainly never assumed that the guy unclogging their toilets could buy and sell them fifty times over. But sometimes that knowledge got Nathan through the day when a guest was being a real douchebag, and judging by this guy’s rip-off Rolex, he wasn’t as well to do as he was trying to pretend he was.

“I’ll be out of your way in two shakes,” Nathan said as he passed the girl.

She was pretty up close, even looking dirty and unkempt.

But she didn’t look up.

Nathan figured she was waiting for him to be done fixing up their bathroom so she could take a much-needed shower. He hoped she took advantage of the jacuzzi bathtub too. The girl looked like she needed to relax.

Nathan headed to the bathroom, but he couldn’t help noticing the way the man and woman really didn’t acknowledge each other. They didn’t give off “couple vibes” at all. The man sat down on the plush couch in the living room with a heavy sigh and looked at his phone, and for the first time, Nathan noticed that the girl didn’t seem to have one. She was waiting for him to fix the sink but she had no phone to look at…odd.

As a hater of so much technology, Nathan resented how most people stared at their phones as soon as they’d been still for two seconds without talking to someone.

The bad feeling wouldn’t leave his head, but he went to work on the bathroom pipes with his snake and bucket. It was smelly, dirty work. There was a clog and he inwardly kicked himself for not catching it before. He wore gloves and picked out the mass of slimy tangled hair and the rag holding up the pipes. God knew how the rag had even got there, but when he was done, he ran the snake all the way through. All clear.

Thank God.

“Almost done!” He called out for the couple’s benefit.

They did not answer.

Nathan triple-checked his work, running water through the pipes as thoroughly as he could before he cleaned up after himself and sprayed some deodorizer around the bathroom for good measure. When he came out, he noticed the girl at the dining room table with her head down on her arms, her limp brown hair splayed out around her. His instinct was to ask her if she was alright and he even took a step in her direction when the guy staying with her took a step in his direction.

“You done here?” the guy said, a clear threat in his voice.

“Yep.” Nathan nodded curtly and looked the guy up and down. He was rather brute-shaped for sure, but Nathan had a lot more muscle and was broader. He never doubted his own bear in a fight.

I could take this asshole no problem, Nathan thought. The thought was enough. He made his way out with all his tools in hand.

But as he went back downstairs, he couldn’t stop thinking about that despondent girl. There was trouble there. He was sure of it.

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Alanna

Save me.

Alanna had never