The Enhanced

Chapter Eighteen

When I get on the train, it's mostly empty, so much so that I get an entire carriage to myself this time.

I settle down quickly and lean my head against the window. I felt so mentally drained, I was constantly alert and aware and my brain was begging for one moment's peace. I refused it.

I decide I should probably count my money over, I was becoming increasingly aware of the fact that I was spending quite a lot of money.

It takes a while but I total my cash to thirty nine thousand, four hundred and seventy five dollars left.

That meant I had spent two thousand, one hundred and twenty five dollars. I  cringed at the number. That was my phone, my clothes, train tickets, food and so on.

I really needed to settle and get a job so that I could begin earning money and begin my life.

But for that to happen, I needed to choose a place to stay and so far, nowhere looked like a place I wanted to be for longer than twenty four hours.

I sigh and finish off the last of my pizza before making my way to the bathroom and changing my bandages.

After this new bandage I only had one left over  which meant at some.point in the next day or two I would have to buy a new pack of them.

My wrist was healing nicely. Surprisingly, there was no infection, tue doctor from a few days ago must have done a good job.

I return to my seat and stare blankly at the empty seat in front of me for a while. It was gone two by now but my mind was still churning.

I resort to my phone for a few games as a way of distracting myself from the boredom of the journey.

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I step off the train and immediately notice the difference in temperature. The air conditioning had kept the train nice and cool.

It was late afternoon and within a few hours it'd be getting dark. A hotel would be my first concern as I had found it impossible to fall asleep on the train over and had effectively been up all night.

I was tired and I needed a place to sleep.

I exit the train station and realise everything is much slower. No one was in an immense rush, everyone was walking at a leisurely pace. It was much calmer here, no one was muttering angrily beneath their breath about how late they were, there was less stress and pressure within the atmosphere. 

I had to admit it was relieving but it still just did not feel right. The air was hot and almost suffocating to me, I felt caged in and I was cringing under it all.

I shake myself and make my way along the street. My phone was dead and I needed to charge it for tomorrow morning.

Eventually, after about twenty minutes of walking I come up on a hotel that doesn't look too expensive.

I take a mental note of my location so that I know where the train station is and make my way inside and buy a room.

It is ten past six when I stumble into my room and throw my stuff on the bed. 

All I wanted was a nice, hot shower and to curl up in bed ready for tomorrow.

Hotels had no cap on hot water as far as I knew so I decide on the other tub thing that I found out to be a bath.

It was another way of cleaning yourself, you filled the tub up with water and sat in it, cleaning yourself while in it.

I also discovered you could add bubbles and whatnot to the bath to make it more interesting or relaxing.