Part Twenty-Five

Damon

I sat upright in bed and checked my watch, it was five am and the sound of a vacuum cleaner was what woke me. If Kat’s vacuuming at five am I’m going to kill her. I realized it wasn’t Kat making all this noise the moment I started descending the stairs.

I stood in the living room and watched Finley as she vacuumed her driveway and I shook my head as I pulled a t-shirt over my head and walked across the street. She had earphones plugged into her ears but I could hear the music blasting away.

“Finley!” I said loudly and tapped her on the shoulder.

“Shit! Damon,” she said and her hand went up to her heart as she looked at me.

“Why are you vacuuming your driveway?” I asked her.

“To keep the neighbours from talking to me,” she said and switched the vacuum on again.

I looked at her as she turned her back to me and I had just about had enough of her antics and ignoring me. Axel being team Finley wasn’t helping much either and he was meddling with my feelings to the point that I didn’t