Tori buried her face in Jacob's shoulder,<br/>"Jacob, I think something happened last night. Something really kinky and bad. Doesn't your body tell you something? Mine does. Part of me wants to leave but part of me wants to figure this out. Part of me wants to forget it and part of me wants to cleanse this place."<br/><br/>He kissed the top of her head and held her, smart enough to know that sometimes men couldn't fix everything and that women just needed to vent.<br/>"I will go bring the van around so we can head to the Love's station," he commented.<br/><br/>Together they walked out to the main area and then stopped at the staircase. Light streamed through the broken window along with sweet rain swept air.<br/>"I will run up and get my backpack, "Tori said. " I always carry toothpaste and soap. My mom likes to collect hotel samples and insists that I always have some."she rolled her eyes and laughed shakily. "That's me, the little girl scout. Always prepared."  She kissed him lightly on the lips and waddled upstairs.<br/><br/>In the bedroom, nothing had been touched or moved. She felt calm and drew a deep breath. She stuffed her tee shirt and jeans in the backpack. She heard the van fire up and grabbed Jacob's clothes from yesterday too.<br/>"We won't give up," she said to the room, wishing the lady in white could hear her. She had the impression the lady had fallen prey to the evil in this house. "We will be back."<br/><br/>She closed the door and took the stairs one at a time. Damn she hurt between her legs. The bones felt out of place. She went out the back door and around the porch to meet Jacob at the van. He had her door opened waiting for her.<br/><br/>"What about Fish and Brandi?" she asked, slamming the door.<br/><br/>"Don't know where they are." Jacob answered, glancing back toward the house uneasily. " Are you sure, Tori, about coming back here with me? I need to find the rest of my crew and I won't be mad if you want to go on home."<br/><br/>Tori looked back at the house, to the window where she had seen the woman the night before. Only a blank window stared back at her.<br/>"Jake, I want to be with you. I doubt I can be fucked any worse than I was last night." she said, resolutely and with a laugh. "The whole thing is fucked up and I want to know why. I'm not afraid, as a matter of fact, I'm a little pissed. So yeah, I want to be here with you at this house."<br/><br/>He had looked at her funny when she said she couldn't be fucked any worse what she was last night. He just shook his head and put the van into gear. They hadn't driven down the road too far before they came to the place where the road was washed out. The water was high and moving swiftly. Last chunks of the bank were washing away, carrying small trees and fence posts bobbing along.<br/><br/>"Jacob, stop!" Tori exclaimed, throwing her hand onto the dashboard to catch herself as Jacob slammed on the brakes. "Shit, no shower," she said, looking at him.<br/><br/>Jacob ran his hand through his hair and stared out the windshield.<br/><br/>"Well, look in the bright side. We have rain water collected from last night and hotel soap, so we can clean up. No toothbrushes but toothpaste so that pissy taste in my mouth can go away and I can give you a proper kiss." Tori smiled, trying to put on a brave face. "We have dry, relatively clean clothes to wear and I bet we can find a soda in the back of this van. We will make this an adventure and laugh about it when we get home. Right, Jacob? right?"