"No reimbursement required. I won them by catching 2 giant large mouth bass and a monster sturgeon. My buddy owns the resort, he put 2 15 pound bass and a 12 foot sturgeon in a lake he had dug out on the property. Every time somebody catches them and gives documented proof they win a weekend stay in the suites. I am the only person to catch them since the resort opened 2 years ago. If I want to get it again I can just go fishing. The suites there are cabins ranging from 3 grand to 25 grand a weekend."

He chuckles.

Ele's mouth dropped open as Tyler described the resort, but for the most part she blinked and said,

"I didn't understand half of what you just said... What's a sturgeon?"

The nurse came back then with Ele's discharge papers and the woman helped Ele get into a sitting position. After waiting for the world to right itself again, Ele signed herself out and went to get off the bed,

"Okay, where... Woah..."

Ele stumbled backwards, the backs of her knees hitting the bed and she sat with an

"Oomph!"

Looking embarrassed, Ele looked up at Tyler,

"Umm... That resort wouldn't happen to have WiFi would it? I could probably call from there."

"Sturgeon are some of the largest fish in the world. Truly prehistoric, if you saw one cruising through the water it would like a crocodile or alligator."

Tyler holds her up.

"Let me get you a wheel chair."

The nurse says, walking out.

"Yeah it does but I still have 4 hours of work left to do. I have 30 minutes left for lunch after we get out, when we return to the mall you can call from there."

"Okie dokie."

Ele said, holding on to Tyler. She looked up at him, and smiled,

"I think if I saw something like that, I would run away screaming. Why are you being so helpful? You don't even know me."

He laughs. "They are bottom feeders, no teeth in their mouths so even the biggest one wouldn't hurt you with a bite and it is the country boy mentality to help other people." The nurse returns with the wheelchair. "Here we go." She says. Tyler smiles at Ele and nods at the nurse.

Ele sank down into the wheelchair, grateful to sit and make the world stop spinning. From her position in the chair, Ele looked up at Tyler and raised her eyebrow,

"Where I'm from someone who does this amount of nice stuff for people want something in return. No one does something nice just because they can."

"Welcome to the country." He smiles at her. He gets behind the chair and starts wheeling her out to check out. "We will get you taken care of. Make sure you are good to go as soon as possible." He says as they exit the room.

This didn't make sense to Ele as she was wheeled out to Tyler's car and she carefully got in the passenger seat. Why would people be so nice to a stranger, and not expect anything? Biting her lip, Ele waited for Tyler to get in the car,

"At least let me buy you lunch, since I took your time."

They head out to the truck where he helps her inside. As he gets in he hears her offer to pay for lunch. "No need, I was just gonna swing by Yummy Japan, you ever been there before?" He asks hopping inside.

Ele shook her head. She had never even heard of it before. Settling back into the seat, Ele closed her eyes as they drove, the feeling of being in a car making her feel ill. Though, she hadn't eaten since early that morning before her flight, so that would be an explanation for the sudden car sickness, plus the pain medication on an empty stomach would not help.

"I still want to pay. I don't want to feel like a moocher."

She said stubbornly.

He reaches behind the seat and pulls out a car seat massage. "You can use this if you want. Has a controller to turn it on and off." Knowing he is fighting a losing battle he looks at her. "If you like sushi, you can pay for that." He says. "You good with that?"

Opening her eyes, Ele took the controller with a raised brow. Turning it on made the young woman smile in surprise though. The massage was helping ease the sickness a bit. Turning her head to look at Tyler, Ele nodded,

"Perfect. You like sushi?"

She asked. She hadn't thought something like sushi would be on the menu out here.

"Love it. Quite a few sushi places around here, yummy japan has assembly line type sushi made in bulk. It is good but not very high quality. All but 2 sushi places are around the mall, one is clear on the other side of the city and the other is down the road about half a mile from the mall." He takes off and the truck picks up speed fairly easily. Driving through the snow the truck seems to glide. He drives for a little bit of time pulling out onto the main road. The roads are cleared of snow already and the traffic of the city is running regularly though a bit slower than usual.

"That's a lot of sushi for such a little town."

Ele mused, looking out the window for a moment then groaning and closing her eyes again and leaning into the massage.

"What else is there here? My boss told me to really get to know this place, so tell me what you think of it."

"This town isn't so small that we are in. In fact it is one of the most densely populated cities in the state though small by big city standards, there are about 25,000 people living here. But the city largely is surrounded by tree's. About 1 to 2 tree's per person, we have an airport here, one of the biggest fairs in the state, monster truck shows, only one movie theater but it is a 24 screen theater and that is with a 50 foot screen. Lots of fine dining and casual dining as well. Biggest outdoor car show in the nation, around 250,000 visitors to the car show over a 3 day weekend. Biggest hot air balloon show east of the Mississippi, lots of tourist attractions that are amazing, Dow Gardens, you can spend 6 hours at a time at the place and not see everything at the gardens. There is a hands on natural history museum to go with the place. A minor league baseball team that is actually a pretty successful training camp to the big leagues. I could go on for hours about the city and surrounding area's. There is lots of stuff going on around here and a lot to see."

He keeps driving coming up to a busy intersection getting in the left turn lane. He waits for his turn to go and pulls through passing a car dealership. They drive by several businesses and he points out a bright yellow store. "That is called the mouse house. Fine wines and cheeses mostly, snacks that pair well with them and stuff like that. They have a discount card that will let you get half price and free products after spending so much money there. Nice place to pick up date night stuff." He passes the store and the area becomes thick with tree's between businesses and homes for the next 2 miles. Eventually they pull up to the mall, passing a sports bar as they enter the parking lot and come up to a food court area. He parks far up in the parking lot close to the building. "Here we are."

((You just legit almost described my hometown!))

Opening her eyes to see the buildings, Ele realized that this was a much larger town than what she had originally thought. From how it had been described to her in the city. Of course, compared to the city, this town was very small. When they parked, Ele took a deep breath of relief at the lack of motion.

She opened her door and swung her legs out, getting ready to hop out of the truck, but the ground seemed to lean away from Ele. Groaning and closing her eyes, Ele eased herself down from the cab.

Jeff hops out and walks around to her. He helps her out and makes sure she is steady. "There are 7 restaurants here so if you get hungry you have quite a few choices." They walk into the food court and on one side sits McDonalds, Subway, Taco Bell and Panda Express. On the other side is Sbarra, pizza hut and Yummy Japan. He starts walking towards Yummy Japan, signs showing the selection of food, though limited the quality is quite good. "Go ahead and look over the sushi selection." The sushi selection being pre packaged ranging from 4 pieces for $4 to 10 pieces for $8. He walks over to the line and orders the 3 plate meal for $10. He gets mongolian beef, kung pow shrimp and tempura shrimp with fried rice. They put it in 2 carry out containers being unable to put it all in one. He pays for the meal and waits for Ele.

Browsing through the selection, Ele picked a mid-range option, and grabbed some orange juice as well. She was an orange juice addict, and was not afraid to admit it. Paying for her meal, Ele joined Tyler,

"So what do you like to do for fun around here?"

"Lots of simple things mostly. Fishing, cruising, racing and mudding." He walks off with her to sit down to eat. "That truck you were just in is used for something called mud bogging or mudding. It is just what it sounds like, you take a vehicle and drive it through the mud as fast as you can."

Sitting down and opening her food, Ele raised an eyebrow at Tyler's description of what mudding is. The idea of it confused her, and sounded dirty.

"Why would you want to do that?"

She asked, popping a piece of sushi into her mouth. It wasn't the best that she ever had, but it wasn't bad either.

"Doesn't the mud ruin your truck?"