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shook his head at her antics but dutifully took himself off to the shower, leaving her alone to enjoy her breakfast. Flower heard the shower come on, and a few minutes later a phone began to ring. She knew from the ringtone that it wasn’t hers, and she began searching the room until she found Bradley’s. She hesitated only a moment before answering it. “Bradley’s phone.”
    There was a pregnant pause before a man’s voice asked, “Flower?”
    “Yep,” she chirped cheerfully.
    “Hey, this is Candy. Is Bradley around?”
    “Mm-hmm, can you hold on for a minute?”
    Flower debated over what she should do. She knew he was probably in there long enough to finish but she didn’t want to catch him mid-shower. In the end she decided she would stick her head in real quick and find out if this was a call he needed to take or not. She knocked lightly, but when no response came, she opened the door peeking in, relieved to find the shower curtain still closed and blocking him from her view. She stepped the rest of the way inside the bathroom.
    “Hey, Bradley. Candy is on the phone.”
    Bradley jerked open the curtain, flicking his eyes to her briefly before reaching behind her, snagging a towel from the hook. She might have stepped back had there been room, but the inside of the bathroom was so small there wasn’t anywhere for her to go, and she wasn’t so sure she could’ve made her feet move even if she there was a place to go. She had seen naked men before, obviously, and she saw Bradley shirtless all the time, but never completely nude. She suffered the uncomfortable realization that it was an experience she desperately wanted to repeat. Bradley Henderson, in all his glory, was the sexiest thing she’d ever seen. He pried his cell phone out of her numb fingers, and she followed him with her eyes as he left the bathroom. She wondered briefly what would happen if she stole the towel from his waist. A sound must have escaped her lips because he turned back to look at her, smiling evilly, and she realized his flashing was intentional.
    “Well two can play at that game,” she thought. Reaching behind her head, she pulled her shirt up and over her head, dropping it to the floor and leaving her exposed from the waist up. She made sure he got an eyeful before firmly closing the door in his face. Behind the closed door, she ruthlessly turned the water to cold, stepping underneath its stream, if only to hide her scalding cheeks. What was going on with her lately? First Shannon and now Bradley. She needed to find a man real soon, before she ended up doing something she would regret.
    Bradley stared at the closed door unable to believe what just happened. He could hear Steven talking, but not a word of what he said penetrated his brain. It was just a wild impulse that brought him out of the shower, but never in a million years did he dream she’d react the way she did. When she dropped her shirt on the floor, he nearly swallowed his tongue. When he heard the shower come on he dearly wished he were in the shower with her right now.
    Flower stood holding the handle for at least fifteen minutes before she convinced herself to open the bathroom door and rejoin Bradley. When she finally came out she found him still shirtless, slumped over his cell phone searching the net. Without looking up he said, “Alright, I’ve been looking at the map while you were in the shower, and here is my thought. I think we should stop in Baton Rouge. It looks like there is a zoo, a theme park of some sort, and some outlet malls. Have you ever been there?”
    She shook her head absently when he glanced up. He returned his gaze to the map app on his phone. “I haven’t either.”
    She stared mutely at the top of his head. She didn’t know what to expect when she finally worked up enough nerve to leave the bathroom, but it wasn’t this. But if he was willing to forget anything happened, then so was she. She did have to admit there was a small part