The next day I woke up in a panic. The girls were already out of the room. I shot up, pulled my clothes on and quickly brushed my teeth and hair. Unable to take a shower I had to quickly braid my unwashed hair and just use water to rinse off my face. The cool water gave me a bit of a wake up.
I rushed out, and into the kitchen where Antonio was cleaning up the last of the dishes from breakfast.
“Well good morning sunshine,” he dried his hands, tossing the towel over his shoulder, “coffee?”
“Can’t. I’m running late”
“You have time”
“What?” I stopped just before running out of the kitchen.
“Yeah. Captain gave you some extra time”
“Why? He’s never done that before”
Antonio avoided eye contact with me, continuing to move around the kitchen to make my coffee.
“What do you know?” I gl
