The Hotel Riviera by Elizabeth Adler

Author:Elizabeth Adler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2003-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

With the dream of last night’s lovemaking in my head, I was excited as a girl at her first prom. Tonight, everything must be perfect, including myself.

I rechecked the table I’d checked at least ten times before, I smoothed the linen cloth and refolded the napkins, feeling them between thumb and finger to make sure they were crisp. I adjusted the position of the plates, fussed over the silverware, and gave an extra polish to the bubbled green glass goblets. I fiddled with the bunch of white daisies, then, dissatisfied, hurried back to the kitchen and changed the crystal vase for a squat yellow jug. My fingers itched to light the candles but it was too early, and instead I rushed around redistributing lily-scented candles on the stone fireplace and floating votives in bowls of water on the coffee table.

It was all as ready as it could be, I decided, as I ran back up the path to the kitchen.

The restaurant was closed and the staff had the night off. The kitchen was all mine and I twirled, surveying “my home.”

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