Chapter 23

Merlyn finished her snack and licked her fingers sitting on the loo seat. Her hair began to stick at her back and clothes she was putting on now looked dirty. She desperately needed a bath. Opening the shower, thankfully the water was warm. Merlyn started scrubbing her hair when the warm water started getting cooler. Hopping out of it, she waited for the water to heat but nothing of such sort happened. In fact the water went cooler and cooler that her fingers began to ache. Picking up the only towel situated on the towel stand she ran out of the bathroom and began to shiver standing beside the TV stand. The blanket slid beside in a simple flex and at once Stephen squat up to look at her. "You're freezing. Get inside the blanket. Otherwise you will fall sick this way." Merlyn knew the man was dangerous for her heart. He was only a stranger whom she met during the course of travel. By tomorrow evening, he would drop her Minneapolis and disappear from her life. But man, did he not loo