Joey POV
�We need two rooms,� The customer says.
I look up from the book and start to walk back, as I say, �Follow me.�
For the past couple of months I�ve been working for my sister at her B&B. I swore I would never work here again after high school, but after what happened with Pacey, Bessie thought that this was for the best. I didn�t argue. I still don�t have anywhere to go and no one missed me considering the only friends I had I lied to.
I leave the family in their rooms and go back downstairs.
�Hey Joey, can you take Alexander to the park?� Bessie asks me.
�Sure,� I say. She knows I�m not happy here, but she doesn�t want to let me go again. She�s scared that I�ll fall into the same track that I did before. I just stay to make her quit worrying.
I take Alexander just so I can escape my reality again by playing with my nephew. It was fun to revisit the park I played in as a child, but then I remembered all the dreams that little girl had that never became realized. �Let�s go, Alex,� I say as I try to stop my personal pity party from developing.
As I walk in the door, Bodie, Bessie�s husband, is cooking dinner. He grabs me into the kitchen. �Set the table.�
I grab the silverware and begin to set the table. Bessie comes in with an extra set and says, �A guest will be joining us.�
�The couple with the kids?� I ask.
�No, another gentleman that checked in when you took Alex to the park. Bodie checked him in. I guess he didn�t feel like going out to dinner so Bodie offered to cook for him too,� Bessie says.
�Okay,� I say. What do I care? I don�t care about much anymore.
Just then I hear a voice coming down the stairs. �Is dinner ready yet?�
�Pacey,� I say, almost in a whisper.
�Joey, right?� He asks in a harsh tone.
�Yes. What brings you out here?� I ask.
�Taking a vacation,� Pacey replies, �However, this wasn�t what I had in mind.�
�Dinner�s ready,� Bodie says bringing in the food.
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