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So much for another balcony date,I thought gloomily.
20
Molly
The Day I Got Even
There came a knock on the dividing door between our rooms. “Room service.”
I opened the door and found Donovan standing there, holding two plates of food. “Probably best to avoid the balcony, right?”
“It looks like it’s about to pour,” I agreed.
He handed a plate to me and we stood in our respective rooms, at a loss for what to do. Then Donovan sat on the ground in his room, resting his back against the wall next to the door. I could see his legs sticking out, and his arm, but that was about it.
“Wouldn’t want to break your rule about going in your room.” He jabbed his wine glass into the doorway. “Wine me.”
I filled it with red liquid and said, “This bottle wasverydusty, so I’m assuming it’s expensive.”
“Grazie,” he said in an exaggerated Italian accent. “Expensive wine is my second-favorite kind.”
I sat down next to the divider with my back against the wall, just like Donovan was doing on his side. “What’s your favorite kind?”
“Freewine.”
I laughed and said, “This is expensiveandfree. So you should really like it.”
“A double-whammy.”
The pork loin was tender and the apple glaze complimented it perfectly, with a delicious combination of sweet and salty. Every bite tasted like heaven, and I wolfed it down as rain began to patter against the glass windows.
“This wine is definitely better than the stuff we were drinking before,” Donovan said from his room.
“That was cheap wine I bought in the duty-free section of the airport. My girlfriends aren’t picky, they just like to get drunk. Sara especially. I love her to pieces, but a nice bottle of wine would be wasted on her.”
“Sara sounds like a lot of fun. Can I get her number?”
“I’m going to pretend you didn’t just say that.”
“I bet she’s a rule breaker,” Donovan said with a laugh. “She’d probably let me into her room.”
“That’s true, but she’s currently five thousand miles away.”
He sighed dramatically. “Our love isn’t meant to be.”
I took a long gulp of wine, hesitated, and then said, “You can eat in my room, if you want.”
“Woah, let’s not get carried away,” he teased. “I know how you are about the rules. I’m staying put.”
He’s toying with me again, I thought. Just like last night.
The memory reignited my curiosity. I drank the rest of my glass of wine, poured myself a refill, and then dove headfirst into the topic I’d been avoiding all day.
“So, Donovan.”
“So, Molly.”
“What happened last night?”
