After the mayor left, Aliyah felt a little frazzled. Maybe it was the way he held her hand a few extra moments after he shook it, but without thinking she had agreed to be his friend. What would that even look like? She didn't know. And she couldn't help but feel like he was being a little flirty. She didn't want to lead him on.
Aliyah decided to get back to cleaning to distract herself. For the next couple of hours she swept every room in the manor and made a checklist of supplies she needed to get for repairs and further cleaning. She tried her best to scooch the ruined couch to the front door so she could take it to the side of the road for trash pickup, but she didn't make it far. She didn't want to scratch the nice hardwood floors.
Around three o'clock Aliyah decided to travel into
