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Stay the Night You Need to Leave
BLAKEThat was my second night in a row in the same clothes, I realized when I woke up.Awesome. I was becoming a hospital hermit. I was even starting to smell like the hospital. For two days, I kept promising myself I only needed another hour or so with Dad.After the hour or two passed, I decided to stay just another hour or two. And round and round I went. Two days later and I still hadn’t gone anywhere. I groaned and shifted on the chair next to Dad’s hospital bed. The same chair I spent the night only semi-sleeping on. A spring was sticking into my ass. I smelled like hospital and shit. My muscles were stiff.Tonight, I really had to go to the hotel and get some sleep in a real bed. Stretching my arms, I rolled my head to the side just in time to see Danny parting the curtains to walk into the room.“Rise and shine, Blake.” Danny had clearly slept better than I had. He was looking shiny, clean and new in a gray morning suit and a cup of actual coffee, not the flavored dishwasher
Stay the Night A Positive Sign
Blake“You hear that, Blake? He’s going to be fine.” Danny repeated what the doctor said proudly, almost like he was responsible for Dad’s progress.My brother was really getting on my nerves, but this wasn’t the time or place to get into it. Instead, I smiled at the doctor. “Thank you for letting us know, Doctor. That’s good to hear.”“You’re welcome. It’s always a pleasure to share good news.” He walked to one of the machines, pressing buttons until the screen changed to show him some kind of information. He made sounds under his breath before turning back to us. “Everything looks good. There’s really nothing more you boys can do here for now. Your Dad is going to survive, but once he wakes up he’s going to have a lot of recovering to do.”Elation swelled in my chest at the words. Dad was going to survive. It was the best news I could remember getting—ever. “Should we start making arrangements with a recovery clinic or something?”A part of me hoped he said yes. If he did, I could t
Stay the Night What's Coming Next?
AstonTiffany and I were both manning the front desk on Monday afternoon. With the influx of guests we were experiencing after implementing all the changes Blake had helped with and suggested, we were going to need extra front desk staff at peak times.One person working by herself wasn’t enough anymore. I helped when I could, but more guests meant more work for me, too. I also couldn’t work our systems as fast as she could.I was working as quickly as I could to get guests checked in, but it felt like my line was longer every time I lifted my head. It seemed like the ad I took out at the airport as well as the free shuttle service between the airport and the hotel was paying off big time.Both of those things were Blake's ideas and I still hadn’t thanked him for either. The hotel was busier than ever and still getting better and busier yet.At the rate we were going, I had no doubt that our mediocre numbers will have shot through the roof by the time they were reported again. I hande
Stay the Night Major Cutbacks
AstonThe reporter on the business news desk was a young guy, maybe my age, with short cropped blond hair and an ill-fitting suit. I wondered if the guy knew his dramatic pauses were going to give me a cardiac event if he didn't spit out whatever it was he had to say.“The company has been in the news recently for making announcements about some big expansion plans. We already know they are expanding their footprint both at home and internationally by adding a few more properties to their growing collection, as they announced awhile back. The company also surprised investors recently when it announced plans to expand into social media."“Get on with it,” Tiffany urged the reporter. She took a few steps closer to the television and glared at the guy the way men sometimes did while watching sports—like the reporter was a referee who made a bad call.It would have been funny if I wasn’t even more anxious to know what was coming than she was.“Danny McAllen, son of CEO Wayne McAllen, spok
Stay the Night You're Fired
BlakeWhat a fucking week. I was no stranger to firing people, and it was by no means one of my favorite things to do, but it was something that needed to be done from time to time. Since I was usually on the ground level out among our employees, I was often the one who had to do the deed.This was different though. Firing one person was nothing compared to going around having to tell managers responsible for hundreds of people that their branch was on the chopping block.The sun was shining in Houston, but it felt like there was a thunder cloud hanging over me inside the hotel manager’s office. He was one of the managers I had never met before, but I knew from his reports that he was a relatively meek and mild man.He got consistently okay reviews from guests and his staff alike, and appeared to be something of a yes man. That didn’t make my job here any easier, but then again, nothing could.I took a sip of the water he had fetched for me and fixed a solemn expression on my face bef
Stay the Night Forgot One
BlakeBy the time I left the Houston property, I was fucking exhausted. Justin had made it too easy for me, and somehow, that made me feel worse than with the managers who put up more of a fight. I sighed, sinking into the black leather seats of the car that waited for me outside the building. After leaving Florida to begin this terrible trip, I caved on my usual aversion to private travel and called my dad’s pilot and the travel department of the company. Knowing what the week held for me, I knew I would be too tired and not in the mood to drive myself or to deal with flying commercial.Both were things I ordinarily didn’t mind doing, but not this week. This week, I didn’t want to see any more people than necessary, like I would at the airport and I spaced out so much thinking about my dad and the work I was doing, that I would have been a danger on the road.Without the need to say a word, my driver pulled away from the Houston property and headed back to the airport. He navigated t
Stay the Night At Capacity
ASTONThe sun was setting over the glittering turquoise ocean beyond the wall of windows in the lobby. The orange ball of fire was just kissing the horizon, signaling the end of another busy day. On my way back to the front desk from dealing with a problem in the restaurant, I stopped next to the windows to take in the view.I was dog tired, but in the best possible way. Seeing the hotel bustling and finally reaching the potential I knew it had all along was invigorating. The challenge would be to keep it up. To keep coming up with fresh ideas and getting our name out there.Wishing for the hundredth time that I could to talk to Blake about it, I sighed. I longed to talk to him about any number of things, but I still hadn’t heard from him. Since I now knew about the cuts being made, I knew he was dealing with a lot. Not wanting to be annoying or a nag, I left him be and didn’t call again. I would hear from him soon enough.That didn’t mean I didn’t wish that ‘soon enough’ was today, t
Stay the Night We Need to Talk
AstonIt was one thing to have suspected he was rich and powerful from the first moment I met him, but it was something completely different to know just how rich and powerful he actually was. Memories of what he’d been like when we slept together came rushing at me.The way his muscles tensed and quivered above mine, how his eyes screwed shut when he was overwhelmed with pleasure. Wetness pooled between my legs at the thought. It sent a thrill through me to know I could do that to him.But now that I knew just who I had brought to his knees when he crawled onto the bed with me, I was in awe that my body could reduce a man like him to a trembling, moaning mass of pleasure.Tiffany brought me back from my naughty trip down memory lane when she cleared her throat. “Earth to Aston. Do you want to go do your checks at security so we can get out of here sometime before midnight, or are you planning on sleeping in your office again?”I shook the lusty haze fogging up my brain away. “Sorry.
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