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“Why aren’t you at the rehearsal dinner?”
“I thought I left my clutch out here. I guess I should go look for it.”
Yes, you should, was the look Sharon gave her. After Elaine leaves, Sharon says, “I should go check into my room. I have one of the cliffside villas. It was nice to meet you, Bridget.”
“It’s nice that your mom could make the wedding,” I comment.
“Yeah.”
I can tell something else is on his mind, but I don’t want to pry. At least not all the time.
The following day, we get to do the touristy stuff like visiting the Big Buddha, a giant statue atop Mount Nagakerd; Wat Chalong, a colorful Buddhist temple; and Jungceylon, the shopping mall that Amy wanted to go to. Although the mall is impressive, with a fountain that one might find in Vegas, I prefer the street markets in Malin Plaza or Bangla Road.
When we get back to the resort in the late afternoon, JD convinces Darren to go golfing with the groom and a few others. I decide to take my laptop to a lounge chair by the infinity pool to work on a grant application. It’s not easy getting into work when there’s such a majestic view in front of me, but I eventually turn on my computer. Being old, it has a battery life of only one hour before it needs recharging, so I need to crank.
“Hey.”
Looking up, I see it’s the guy from the restaurant.
“Hi,” I say cautiously.
He sits down on the lounge chair next to me and extends a hand. “Joseph Mok.”
I shake it. “Bridget.”
“So you Darren’s girlfriend?”
I don’t think I’m in official girlfriend territory, but for some reason I don’t want to say otherwise to Joseph.
“We like each other,” I reply. I’m curious to know what happened between the two of them. “How do you know Darren?”
“Mutual acquaintances.”
“Like the groom?”
“Something like that.”
A server comes by. Joseph orders a drink and sits back.
“Do you guys go back a ways?” I ask.
“Yeah. We met in Vietnam. You can probably tell Darren doesn’t like me much.”
“I noticed you guys looking at each other the other day.”
“I got angry with him because he slept with my girlfriend.”
Oh. That would explain the lack of love lost. I’m surprised Joseph just came right out and said it.
“Darren serious about you?” Joseph asks as he appraises me.
“I can’t answer for him.”
He looks disgruntled. “Where’d Darren find you?”
“Find me? You mean, like on the discount rack at a secondhand store?” Not wanting more pointed questions from him, I turn to my computer. “I should get back to my work.”
“I asked a simple question. No need to get bitchy about it.”
