Chapter 3

Waking up in a house, where you don't feel oppressed, there are no aggressions and no people who look at you like an unpleasant bug, is the best feeling in the world, and today is that wonderful day. The sun beating down on my face, brought such a nice feeling, as if its warmth was hugging me and inviting me to be by your side, like a warm hug, the only one I could remember was Susan's hugs, her strawberry pie smell and her lavender scented perfume made me feel welcome.

I got up feeling totally energized, as I had never felt before, even though I had worked a lot yesterday, and today continuing with my housework, it wasn't even enough to make me sad. I went to the bathroom to take a nice cold shower, just to get my body as lazy as my mind was. As soon as I woke up my body, I went out wearing a baggy outfit, a pair of jeans and a purple and pink floral blouse that was very loose on me, it would be great for another day of organizing and cleaning, already feeling a little warm in the morning I tied my long hair in a ponytail.

I arrived in my kitchen, still messy, opening space on the countertop and managed to use the coffee maker, I wanted it strong enough to be able to stand the morning, I took some of the cookies that Flora brought me yesterday, which were still wonderful, with an excellent flavor, it seems I had never eaten such tasty cookies in my life. I went to the front porch and bent down to sit on the two steps there to start my coffee, I know it doesn't seem very normal this kind of attitude especially in a place where people look elegant, but who really cared about that? This was now my home, my little world and that was all that mattered, just being comfortable was enough for me.

The day was so beautiful that even the street was beautiful with the sun beating on the entrance of the houses, some birds singing in trees nearby left everything in harmony, I took my cup of coffee fresh to my mouth, the strong taste of coffee passed by my tongue, the feeling of the liquid down the throat was amazing and automatically felt more alert, everything was warm inside my body, I let out a groan of satisfaction, I loved to drink coffee in the morning. While sitting down I started to notice the houses around me mainly the one in front of me that had two floors, but apparently only one person lived there or I could be wrong and the neighbors just had not woken up yet, but I had not seen much movement since the day before I arrived, so the first assumption could be the most correct, but they could be traveling, well who knows? That was not even my business, I finished my coffee, I was ready to start arranging the furniture, then decided to start by the small dishes that had dirty, turned on the water feeling it cold in my warm hands, took the sponge, but suddenly the sink began to make strange noises as if it was choking, I do not know for sure were loud and in short intervals, not to mention the sudden movement it made as if it forced the water out, I began to despair trying to turn it off but the metal crosshead of the faucet had jammed and would not turn until a jet of water came to my face, then I was taken by despair after all the floor of my house was wood could be damaged if it got that wet, I tried my best to cover the water with my hands to be able to at least see, I didn't know how to make that strong jet stop, the tap was no longer in the same place, apparently it had fallen with pressure, water was splashing everywhere and wetting the entire floor of the kitchen, I saw a pot, without thinking much I decided to take it and cover where the faucet once was, I took Flora's tray and followed almost running to her house next door, three knocks were necessary for her to come to me, when she looked at my state it was clear her astonishment, probably looking like she had dived into a pool.

- Miss! What happened to you, look at your state! - I said with my hands over my mouth.

- My faucet exploded! Do you know who can fix it, please! My floor got all wet. - I shot up, clutching the tray in my hands just remembering the scene.

- Ethan can fix it, he's very good at it! - I said, holding back a giggle.

- Flora is laughing at what, I'm serious, it exploded, take your tray! Who's Ethan? - I frowned, hurrying to find this Ethan guy.

- Your front-door neighbor, Ah! Ah! Sorry honey, but you're too funny, Ah! Ah! Ah!

- I get it, but wait, he won't think it's bad, will he? - I asked when I realized that it was my front neighbor, whom I had not seen yesterday, and I also remembered his behavior.

- Go no, he is very kind, but he is a little different! So don't be scared. - I said, making an attempt to situate that fact.

- Different? How different? - I felt rejected that she had spoken this way, after all, if you think about it, he was watching through the window.

"He wouldn't be a psychopath, right? I guess I should be on my own. I felt pressured and the thought of letting it go was inevitable."

- It's okay honey, he's not crazy, you'll understand when you see him, it's just that some people tend to get uncomfortable in front of you! - He emphasized.

- Okay, so I have to go or that pan will fly, and then it won't just be the sink that I'll have to fix. - I said turning around and crossing the street.

- Okay then, ah! Ah! Ah! It exploded, I've never seen this, these young people have a lot of creativity! - I could still hear their laughter and their comment.

- Argh! That woman! Who ever heard of laughing at a situation like this! - I rolled my eyes and went to the entrance of the house that I had noticed that morning, a simple garden with few flowers, but they were all well taken care of and welcomed me.

I stopped in front of the door, looked back remembering my sink gushing water like a waterfall, I wanted to give up and try to fix it myself but the big problem was that I didn't even know where to start, I won't deny I was nervous, I wasn't sure whether to leave my sink like that or get out of an embarrassing situation, but there was no other way, I took a deep breath, gathered all the courage I had, even if it wasn't much, knocked three times shyly on the door and waited patiently.

"What were you thinking! I don't even know the guy and I'm already going to ask a favor! He's going to feel uncomfortable, I'm sure," I thought to myself.