Initiating Amy (Dominion Hotel Book 3) by Michelle Peters

Author:Michelle Peters [Peters, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blushing Books Publications
Published: 2018-06-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

It was midday. Tony hadn’t left his office all morning. He thought about making himself another double expresso, but he already had three so far. He definitely didn’t need any more caffeine. Fresh air, he needed fresh air. He needed to go for a walk. He got up from his desk deciding to go out to the front of the hotel, if only to stand in the driveway and get a few moments of sunshine. If he was lucky, Miranda would be in between rides and he could see her as well.

As he strode across the lobby he saw the elevator doors open and Eve step out. She immediately saw him and waved. He stopped, waiting for her to come across to him.

“I was just coming to see you,” she said.

“And here I am.”

“Yes, there you are.” She smiled.

A moment passed but Eve said nothing more. Tony prompted her, “What can I do for you?”

“Oh yes,” she said, “is there somewhere we could sit and talk for a moment.”

“Of course.” Tony gestured towards the bar, not yet open as it was still early in the day. “Over here.”

“Perfect,” Eve said.

The two moved across the lobby in silent unison. Tony gestured towards a booth just inside the door. Eve slid into it and Tony followed. Tony smiled at Eve, encouraging her to begin. Eve pulled out an old black-and-white still photograph, sliding it across the table to Tony. He looked down at it.

“What a lovely couple.”

“That’s Aunt Ev at her first Lover’s Ball.”

Tony carefully picked up the picture. He held it up, looked at it, then at Eve. “I see the resemblance. Beautiful.”

Eve didn’t seem to mind the compliment, smiling coyly and lowering her eyes.

Tony looked at the picture again. “Who’s she with?”

“William Lawrence.”

“Evelyn never mentioned him.”

“I’m not surprised. That was their one and only date. Not even a date really, just a dance.”

Tony placed the photo on the table in front of Eve. “She looks happy. Happier than I have ever seen her.”

“Me too.” Eve paused. “That’s why I showed it to you. Mr. Lawrence is the reason Aunt Ev has been so closely tied to the Lover’s Ball all these years. I think secretly she’s been looking for him, hoping he would attend, hoping he would come back for her.”

Tony fingered the picture. “That’s a long time to be looking for someone. I always wondered why Evelyn stayed so close to the ball all these years. No matter what she was doing, or what part of the world she was in, she always made it back for the ball. She was always unescorted and never stayed very long. It always seemed like she was looking for something.”

Eve interrupted, “Or someone.”

“Or someone,” Tony echoed.

“William Lawrence.” Eve tapped her finger on the black-and-white photograph that sat on the table between them.

Tony picked the picture up again. He stared at the image of a happy Evelyn, thinking about all of those years gone by, all those years of waiting.

Eve broke his train of thought.

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