Symphony in Blue by M.J. Duncan

Author:M.J. Duncan [Duncan, M.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Escape Books
Published: 2017-03-31T07:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

“It’s all yours.” Gwen pushed the plate with the lone remaining Asian spring roll on it closer to Dana. “If I have it, I’ll be too full for my dinner.”

“Okay.” Dana shrugged and reached for the spring roll. She lifted it toward Gwen in a silent toast before she took a bite, her lips curling in a pleased smile as she chewed.

Gwen leaned back in her chair and lifted her wine glass to her lips, taking a slow, shallow sip of merlot as she glanced out the window to her left, staring blankly at the cars that packed the boulevard. The car ride down to Hugo’s had been awkward, their conversation stilted as they tried to force the easy conversation they had grown accustomed to. That self-consciousness had eased somewhat while they took their time perusing the menu, but it returned in full-force as soon as that distraction disappeared.

“What were you listening to earlier?” Dana asked, drawing Gwen’s attention away from the shadowed profile of a woman in a black BMW who was bobbing her head with her radio. “At Cloud’s Rest,” she elaborated. “When I scared you. You seemed really into it and I’m always looking for new music to pump at the pool to keep my swimmers moving.”

“Oh.” Gwen set her glass on the table and toyed with the stem as she tried to recall what song had been playing when Dana surprised her on the ridge, but all she could remember was the way she had smiled at her when she’d turned around. “I’m not exactly sure, to be honest. Luke made the playlist I was listening to and I know there’s some Chainsmokers and Halsey on there, so it was either something by one of them or something similar.” She frowned and pulled her phone from her purse to pull up the playlist she had been listening to that morning as she added, “He’s got this weird thing where he won’t mix musical genres on playlists for some reason.”

“Seriously?”

Gwen shrugged as she scanned the list. All the songs were recently familiar since her hike had taken long enough to play through the list twice, and she honestly couldn’t recall which was the one she had been listening to. “I don’t get it either. But he’s got a good ear and this bizarre knack for knowing what I’d like, so I don’t really question it too much.” She offered Dana her phone. “This is the playlist if you want to have a look, though.”

“Cool.” Dana took the phone.

Gwen watched the way her expression shifted as she scrolled through it—a small smile quirking her lips at titles she assumed Dana knew, and a small furrow etching itself between her eyebrows on those that were unfamiliar.

“This is actually a really good set. Would you mind if I took a screenshot of it so you could text it to my phone?”

“Go for it.” Gwen shook her head. “All of the playlists he made for me have an asterisk at the front of the title if you want to look through those, too.

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