Timothy by Greg Herren

Author:Greg Herren [Herren, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: erotic MM, Romance MM
ISBN: 1602827605
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2012-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

It goes without saying Carlo did not come to my suite that night.

It was foolish of me to expect him, after everything that had happened during the day—especially my idiocy about the china dog—but I waited up for him until it was clear to me, around midnight, he wasn’t going to join me. I turned off the light and got under the covers, trying not to cry as I made excuses for him—he was tired after his trip, and Frank and Joyce had stayed rather late.

Minette, of course, sensed my distress and cuddled up to me in the bed.

I don’t know what time it was I finally was able to fall asleep. I was worn out both physically and emotionally, but it still seemed to take a long time for me to drift off. I do know I was woken up at three in the morning when a storm front rolled in from the ocean. A crack of thunder startled me right out of a strange dream. Minette was whimpering and shivering, so I let her climb into my lap and started petting her and murmuring soothing words to her. Rain was pelting down against the French doors and windows, and I could hear the wind howling around the house. Lightning lit up the room, and the thunder that followed was so loud the house shook. That was all Minette could handle—she dove out of my arms and scampered under the bed.

I got out of bed and walked over to the French doors. The rain was pouring down, and in the dark it was almost impossible to see. A gust of wind rattled the door, and involuntarily I stepped back. There was about an inch of water on my balcony. I was about to reach for the balcony light switch when I noticed there was a light on in the studio. I looked back at my alarm clock. The red digital numbers glowed 3:04 in the darkened room.

Who could be out there at this hour, in this weather? I wondered. But as I watched, the light went out. I peered through the darkness, but couldn’t see anything.

There was another bright, blinding flash, followed almost immediately by the roar of thunder. The wind was whipping around the house, and I shivered. The swimming pool was filled with whitecaps and breaking waves, and just beyond the pool I could see the hedges on that side bending and being whipped around by the wind. Over the incessant pounding of the rain I could hear the sea waves pounding away at the shore. I pressed my face against the glass, watching the studio, but I didn’t see anything or anyone in the darkness.

Finally, I gave up and went back to bed, deciding to check it out in the morning in daylight.

But the rain didn’t let up for several days, and the gloom was depressing. I got an umbrella and sloshed through the rain to the studio the next morning, but everything looked the same as it had the day before.

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