SKYLINE MOTEL

Chapter 1

** a/n: Thanks so much for the response to my one-shot, "Trying to Survive". Every single comment I received wanted a book. So here it is!! Of course, the first chapter is the one-shot chapter. 

PLEASE don't forget to add "SKYLINE MOTEL" to your library!!!

A huge shoutout to ObsessedwithTidam for the book cover!!!

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Adam Rupp sat in his small office of the grocery store that he owned, gazing out the window. Business was good considering that their competition, Wal-mart, was just across town.

But people seemed to like his store a lot. The friendly atmosphere, actual checkers, baggers that carried their groceries to the car. They even delivered groceries to the elderly and the disabled.

It was a gravy job. He set his own hours. All he had to do was check in every now and then. The manager, Rob Lundquist, handled everything.

Adam's daydreaming was interrupted by Rob walking into his office.

"Adam, that guy is digging through the dumpster again." Rob says as he sits down in front of the desk.

"You know that dumpster diving ain't illegal here, right?" Adam chuckles as he goes back to checking the next order on his computer.

"But wouldn't he be better off dumpster diving at the Radio Shack next door? From what I hear they throw away some pretty cool stuff." Rob replies as he takes off his glasses and begins cleaning them.

"Well, I'm done here." The blonde says as he logs off the computer. "Maybe I'll suggest it to him if he's still out there when I leave."

"Just be careful. He could be dangerous." Rob says as he starts to leave to go back to work.

"Whatever." Adam laughs.

"I'm serious, man." Rob says. "You know Southside is not that far from here. That's a bad neighborhood. He could be from there."

"I'll scream if I need help." Adam replies jokingly as he stands to leave. "Don't work too hard."

"Never." Rob laughs as he heads back into the store.

Adam walks out the backdoor and there was indeed a man leaning over into their dumpster.

"You know, you could probably find better stuff in Radio Shack's dumpster." Adam says as he walks to his car parked close to the dumpster.

The man dropped whatever he had in his hands and jumps back.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." Adam smiles. 'D*mn, he's cute.' Adam thinks to himself as he observes the dumpster diver. Long brown hair that hung to his shoulders, a thin beard that fit his handsome face perfectly, and brown eyes, the color of Hershey's Kisses.

"Oh. Okay." The man says quietly with a nod. He sighs before walking away.

Out of curiosity, Adam walks around the dumpster after the cute guy with the sexy low voice left.

"Oh. My. God." Adam whispers to himself as he sees a box sitting beside the receptacle with unopened outdated chips, can goods and other outdated items that had been thrown away. "F*ck. He's not a dumpster diver. The man is homeless. You're such an idiot, Rupp." The blonde shakes his head as he unlocks his car. "You just sent him to a useless dumpster. He can't eat d*mn electronics."

He relocks his car and heads back inside to find Rob. Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw someone peeking around the corner of the building. Probably the homeless guy wanting to get his box of treasures.