Lexi looks up at the sky as she hurried to cover up several pieces of construction equipment. The day had started nice and sunny, but thunder clouds had moved in. They were trying to get all the equipment under wrap and put away. Just as she gets the last piece of equipment under wrap. The sky opens up and rain comes pouring down.

Everyone starts running for cover as the rain comes down. Lexi runs towards the contractor’s trailer and as she is running, she slips and starts sliding on some mud.

“Lexi, are you alright?” Paulie walks over to Lexi to help her up off the wet ground.

“I’m fine. I’m just soaking wet and muddy now.”

Lexi and Paulie manage to make it to the contractor’s office. Paulie opens the door for Lexi and helps her up the stairs. He follows behind her as they walk into the office.

Howard looks up from his laptop and spots Paulie and Lexi walking into the office. Both looked like drowned rats. Except, Lexi was covered in mud.

“What happened, sweet pea?” Howard was trying not to smirk at Lexi’s appearance.

“I slipped on some mud.” Lexi wishes she had a change of clothing.

Paulie walks over to Shawn’s former desk and sits down at it. He got a promotion from Howard after he fired Shawn.

“Give it a while. Your clothes will dry out and you can dust the dry mud off your coveralls.” Paulie smiles at Lexi.

“How long do you think it’s going to rain?” Lexi sits down on an upside-down bucket.

“Who knows, Lexi.” Howard lifts the blind to look outside and watch as the rain came down.

“You know, Lexi. You could go back outside and stand in the rain to wash the mud off.” Paulie thought he would tease Lexi.

“No, thank you. That rain is cold.” Lexi shivers from the A/C running and hitting her wet body.

“I’m going to be a while, Lexi, so make yourself comfortable.” Howard had a bunch of bills and work orders to tend to.

“That’s fine, Uncle Howard. I have a few games on my cellphone I can play.” Lexi pulls her cellphone out of a pocket on her coveralls and selects a game to play.

“She’s easy to please.” Paulie couldn’t believe how easy Lexi was to entertain.

“Lexi isn’t like most teenagers. She’s not into being selfish or self-centered.” Howard looks towards Lexi as she played on her cellphone.

For the next few hours, Howard and Paulie work on business stuff. Lexi plays her games on her cellphone. She looks up occasionally to see if the rain has slacked off any. Between the rain and the boredom, she was feeling. She was ready to go home.

Lexi finishes her game and looks over towards her uncle “are you done yet, Uncle Howard?”

Howard looks at Lexi “I’m done, sweet pea.”

“Me too.” Paulie stretches as he closes his laptop.

Paulie looks over towards Lexi “the mud on you should be dry by now.”

“I hope.” Lexi stands up and brushes some of the dry mud off her clothes.

She manages to get most of the mud off her clothes, but she still had some wet mud that needed to be washed off. She looks outside and the rain was still coming down, but it was lighter.

“Maybe, I’ll get wet enough to wash this mess off.”

“The truck is nearby, so you shouldn’t get too wet.” Howard grabs his truck keys.

Paulie looks at Howard as he gets up to leave “are we working tomorrow?”

“If the weather is going to be bad, no.” Howard didn’t like working his men in the rain.

“Alright, I’ll keep an eye on the weather report. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Paulie waves goodbye and walks out of the office.

Lexi watches as Paulie leaves. She looks at her uncle “I guess it's our turn.”

“I’ll go first and unlock the truck for you.” Howard walks out of the office and runs to his truck.

He hops in and starts the engine. He motions for Lexi to come to the truck.

“Here goes nothing.” Lexi locks the office up and sprints to her uncle’s truck.

She almost slips but manages to catches herself as she gets to the truck. She opens the passenger door and climbs in.

“I almost slip getting to the truck.” Lexi puts her seat belt on.

“Well, hopefully, your Aunt Rose will have something nice and hot waiting for us.” Howard knew his wife was cooking a roast.

As they are driving home, Lexi looks at her uncle “do you think our new lawyer will be able to put my stepbrothers and their friends in jail?”

“I hope so, Lexi. I hope Mrs. Blake lives up to her promise. I want to see justice for what they did to you.” Howard still couldn’t believe Lexi’s stepbrother and his friends did what they did.

Howard watches as some people speed pass by them in the downpour. He was doing a little less than the posted speed limit, because of how hard it was raining. Also, a few streets that lead to his place tended to flood. He has complained to several people down at city hall who have the power to fix it, but they would rather put the city money towards other projects.

He pulls into his driveway and park beside his wife’s car. He looks at Lexi “are you ready sweet pea?”

“As ready as you are, Uncle Howard.” Lexi had her hand on the door handle.

“Alright, let's go.” Howard jumps out of the truck and runs towards the porch.

Lexi follows behind her uncle. The rain still felt cold to her as she gets wet. By the time she reaches the porch, she was soaked.

“Take your boots off and leave them outside to dry.” Howard was removing his work boots.

Lexi sits in her aunt’s rocking chair and takes her work boots off. She also takes her wet socks off and hangs them on the outside of her boots. The two of them head into the house and spot Rose standing in the foyer holding towels.

“Her, take these towels and dry them off.” Rose hands her husband and Lexi a towel each.

“Thanks, sweetie.” Howard accepts the towel.

“Thanks, Aunt Rose.” Lexi accepts the towel and uses it to dry off.

“You’re welcome, sweetie. After you dry off and change clothes. Dinner is ready.”

“Thanks, sweetie.” Howard kisses Rose’s cheek.

Lexi heads towards her bedroom to change. She strips out of her wet clothes and slips on her pajama bottoms and an oversized t-shirt. Once she was dressed, she heads towards the dining room to join her aunt and uncle.