"I think I'll head back to the beach for a while." Uh, yeah", he turned back to me. "I'm tired... probably head back to my camp when I'm done this." H... held up the last half of his cigarette. His noticeable hard-on, however, belied his story."'kay, seeya!" I called, heading down the dark dirt road to the beach. When he was no longer looking I ducked into the trees. Spying from my new vantage point I could see he was looking back at my tent again. I crouched and made my way back through the. He had a house about 25 miles away, he had an order of stone chips delivered for his driveway, his problem was that the job was too much for him, this is where I come in. I was in my mid-thirties & had been divorced for a couple of years, a decent job, but in a life going nowhere, my Mother offered my services to Bob to do his driveway, because she thought that I was always at a loose end, It was arranged to do it on the next Saturday & take an overnight bag as the job may take two days, this. Or...”Michael trailed off, and Brandi looked him in the eyes, unable to stop a slight flush entering her cheeks as she did.“ ... or maybe it’s a brand new threat.”“God knows we need another one of those.”The pair stood in silent eye contact for a few seconds, before Brandi forced herself to look away, and started striding toward her house. It was a school night, and she’d already been out for far longer than she intended.“See you tomorrow!” Michael called out after her, and Brandi. ” “Don’t you dare give up yet, I’ll sort something out,” I said. I ordered her a double vodka lime and lemonade, and myself, bourbon and coke, and then we joined my friends. I introduced her as Joy, which is the name she gave me. Everyone tried to make her feel welcome, but she really was struggling and I felt quite awkward for her. I did find out a bit more about her however, she was 25, I have to admit I thought she was older than that, and that she had known the guy she was about to marry.