Bosom Bodies (Mina's Adventures) by Swan Maria Grazia

Author:Swan, Maria Grazia [Swan, Maria Grazia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-11-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Morning light expanded on the bedroom walls. Mina welcomed the new day regardless of what it would bring. After hours of arguing with Diego the evening before, she ended up sleeping in his room after all. His point was that his bedroom was the safest place in the condo, mainly because the only window in that room was on the fourth floor and not facing other buildings. He slept on the couch, or so he said.

She felt a sense of betrayal over the whole gun confrontation. More than betrayal, a sense of loss. She needed a friend so badly, and had been ready to open her heart to Diego. That was the way it had been with Brian. He was there for her when her mother died. Why can’t Brian be here now? What was he doing roaming foreign countries and leaving her all alone at Christmastime?

All was quiet. Was Diego awake?

Riiiing.

It sounded like her phone. Were the walls between condos so thin you could hear the neighbor’s phone?

Riiiing.

“Mina, phone,” Diego called out.

Instinctively, she jumped out of bed and ran barefoot toward the ringing. She had slept with her clothes on. Diego stood at the end of the hall, pointing into the living room.

Riiiing. It was her phone. On his coffee table. She picked it up.

“Finally,” Brian said, “I’ve been calling you day and night. Where do you go all the time? Do you sleep in your own bed? Whose bed have you been sleeping in?’ The anger in his voice stirred the anger in her heart.

“I’ve been sleeping in my neighbor’s bed. Any other questions?” She hung up. Oh, no.

She slumped as if she were a marionette with broken strings. She sensed Diego’s nearness, but was too embarrassed to look up. She felt ugly, frumpy and unloved. Fueled by leftover pride, she headed for the hall before remembering it wasn’t her place. She kept on moving. When she walked by the open door of the guest bath, she caught a glimpse of herself.

Dio mio! The mascara from the day before had turned into dark halos around her eyes. Maledizione. A raccoon, a giant raccoon, that’s what she had become. Where did she put her make-up kit? She needed some make-up remover.

The door to the room next to the bathroom was left wide open. Diego forgot to lock the mystery room? She slowed her pace, stretching her neck to see what was so special inside there. She didn’t know where Diego was. He could have been in the kitchen reading the paper or right behind watching her every move, but she wouldn’t turn and risk facing him, not the way she looked.

The only thing visible in the forbidden room was a large desk and two computers. Why would someone need two computers? She reached the master bedroom, stepped in and closed the door.

The clock on the night table said ten a.m. It felt like seven a.m. Maybe he kept his clock on New York time or something. Sooner or later she would have to face Diego and give him some kind of explanation about her rude behavior.

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