Washing Away The Day

The steam rose from the water hitting Alyssa's back and neck. The pounding water and exhaust fan were only sounds, they weren't enough to drown out the memories of what had happened today, of what had happened before.

Her father… if she had only… maybe it was wasted energy to beat herself up internally over it, but, in the five years since his disappearance Alyssa had continued to think it was her fault.

Usually work, the ever glowing screens, the sounds of hard drives and sights of the nearby world distracted her enough to not think about it. Today that had been impossible and she knew that tonight would be worse. I need to get my own room.

However, she also didn't want to be completely alone tonight. Something she would never admit. She really wasn't used to what had happened today and it had thrown the hacker off her game.

So staying in his room didn't seem like a terrible decision. He had a bedroom. She could sleep on the couch. It likely pulled out. If he continued to insist that she sleep in the hotel, she'd get the room on the other side of him tomorrow.

Alright, that decided. His offer regarding the food and to take her shopping. Was weird. And to be honest a little off putting. Alyssa did want to be taken care of. She made a decent living, and could easily afford what he could. She had other money but almost never touched it. The hacker was trying to give Peter the benefit of the doubt, he probably was just trying to be nice. However, it came across like he was flaunting his money - then again that would be very much like many Illuminati agents.

Her mind had gotten distracted for long enough. Her body and hair sufficiently washed, she turned off the shower, wrapped a white cotton towel around her body and stepped on to the shower mat/towel thing that hotels seem to have.

The hotel's hairdryer was attached to the wall, making use of it to dry her chestnut strands of hair. She then got into some clean clothes - jeans and a blue t-shirt with a white sunflower on it. Clean,dry, dressed. A breath, it was just one night.