Khaos by Louise Manson

Author:Louise Manson [Manson, Louise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 17725027
Publisher: Louise Manson
Published: 2013-03-20T03:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

That night, Khaos slept reasonably well for the first time, though she still woke early. Once she had washed and dressed, she found Loka in the security room, watching the screens leisurely.

‘The Mistress and Miss Carmen would like you to join them for breakfast,’ said Loka, without looking up. ‘Follow me please.’

In the Japanese garden a large round table had been laid with a varied spread of breakfast foods, ranging from fresh whole fruits such as apples and bananas, and cut up bowls of pineapple and melon, to a basket of croissants and other pastries, fresh toast in a rack, boiled eggs, and several tureens containing bacon and sausage and tomatoes. Carmen sat on the right, last night’s makeup and ruined outfit gone, replaced with an oversized, white towel bathrobe. She was enthusiastically gobbling a full English breakfast. On the other side sat Marla, in one of her Japanese wrap arounds, carefully peeling a boiled egg. Both girls, despite it being very early in the morning, had full faces of makeup and their hair was curled and styled beautifully. It was strange, but with Carmen sitting there, so cheerfully, it seemed to take away all Marla’s severity.

‘You’ll get fat, eating all that,’ said Marla to Carmen, with disdain.

‘Mmm, grease,’ replied Carmen, slurping on purpose. Then she noticed Khaos and Loka approaching, and her pretty coppery eyes lit up. ‘Morning!’ She got to her feet, abandoning her breakfast. ‘You’re the one I was sick on last night, aren’t you? I’m so sorry.’

‘It’s fine, it’s nothing,’ said Khaos.

‘Are your clothes ruined? I will replace them, I promise… Err… Do you know, I forgot to ask your name last night! How rude of me!’

‘That’s ok, Its Cam,’ said Khaos, remembering to use her alias.

‘Cam! Nice to meet you! I’m Carmen. You must think I’m a terrible person, being sick on you and not even introducing myself.’

‘Well, she wouldn’t be wrong there,’ Marla muttered, pursing her lips.

‘Marla! Shut up!’ Carmen shoved Marla’s arm playfully. ‘Be gentle with me, I have a hangover.’ She clutched at her head theatrically.

‘Cam, Loka, please sit, join us,’ invited Marla, waving toward two other free seats. ‘Cam is my new bodyguard, Carmen, replacing Russell.’ Marla explained, not responding to Carmen’s playful shoving. ‘You remember Russell?’

‘Russell! Was he the hot one?’

‘Uh, I suppose you might think he was hot. Not quite up to my standards though.’

‘Who is!’ joked Carmen. ‘Whatever happened to Tom, by the way? You never talk about him.’

Marla’s expression darkened. ‘He moved to L. A. remember? For work.’

‘Oh yeah, sure. “Work”. That’s what they all say.’

Marla shot her an angry look. ‘What’s that supposed to mean?’

‘Well you know, Marly, you don’t have that much luck with guys, do you? They always end up jumping ship.’

‘Tom was offered a great job over there,’ Marla muttered through gritted teeth, clearly uncomfortable with this topic. ‘I can’t exactly stand in his way, can I?’

‘Well, why don’t you go over there with him?’

‘I just can’t, ok?’

‘But you were good together…’

‘I don’t want to talk about him anymore,’ Marla said sullenly.

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