Eat, Prey, Love by Laura Durham

Author:Laura Durham [Durham, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laura Durham

Chapter 17

“It was like watching a slow speed car chase,” Kate said, flopping across my bed once we’d returned to the resort.

I dropped my tote on the marble floor near the nightstand and crossed to the sliding glass door, pushing it open and sucking in the salt-tinged air as I listened to the sounds of people splashing in the pool below. I looked over the tops of the palm trees to the turquoise blue of the ocean, shimmering as the setting sun reflected gold off its surface, and I felt my body begin to relax from the stress of the day. Between the car ride with Sasha, the aggressive monkeys, and the scene with Jeremy, my experience in Ubud had not been the relaxing and centering experience I’d hoped it would be. I sat down in the low chair next to the bed, rubbing my fingers back and forth against the nubby beige upholstery fabric.

“So everyone on the trip watched it?” My cheeks flamed as I remembered turning around after Jeremy had stormed off and seeing all the guests of the FAM trip gathered at the railing of the platform. Most memorable had been Richard’s stormy expression.

“Pretty much. We heard Jeremy scream, then we all ran to the side as you and Buster and Mack chased him into a mud puddle.”

“That was a rice paddy,” I said. “And it wasn’t technically our fault that he lost his footing and fell.”

“Maybe not.” Kate let her shoes drop to the floor. “But it was hilarious. Didn’t you hear some of us clapping?”

“I’m guessing Richard was not one of those people?” I’d seen the hard line of his lips before he’d turned away from me with a flounce. Much like Jeremy, Richard liked to make a dramatic exit.

“I’m sure he’ll come around,” Kate said. “You know Richard and his moods.”

That I did. One person walkouts were his signature move, triggered by anything from me having fake butter in my refrigerator to Kate mentioning the word Kardashian. “Did you know that he’d been talking to Reese behind my back?”

Kate sat up and scooted herself up so she could lean against the pile of fluffy white pillows stacked along the headboard. “Who? Richard? No way. I didn’t think he even liked Reese.”

“He mentioned something about promising to keep me out of trouble and away from the investigation. Who else could he have promised that to?”

“That does sound like something Reese has told you to do a few hundred times.” Kate pulled one of her spaghetti straps back on her shoulder. “But it also sounds like Richard. Are you sure he didn’t pretend someone told him to keep you out of trouble?”

I shook my head. “For one, he accidentally told me and looked panicked when he realized he did. And, two, Richard never lies to me.”

Despite the fact that he refused to tell me his actual age, Richard was truthful to a fault. He was one of the few people I could always count on to tell it to me straight.

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