Fire on the Island by Timothy Jay Smith

Author:Timothy Jay Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781950691647
Publisher: Arcade Crimewise
Published: 2020-06-03T16:00:00+00:00

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NICK WOKE IN THE SAME state he had fallen asleep: in love with the beautiful young man in bed next to him; or if too soon to call it love, he was certainly enamored with him. They had played much of the night before finally nodding off. Now it was mid-morning, judging by the sunlight sneaking through the shutters. Takis stirred.

Nick draped an arm over him, prodding him to wake up.

“Again?”

“Why not?”

“Wait.”

Takis slipped into the bathroom and peed. He came back, his breath smelling like mint toothpaste, and Nick made his own bathroom run before returning to bed for a morning romp. They had just collapsed into each other’s arms when a key rattled in the door and swung open.

“What the fuck!” Nick blurted, and pulled the sheet over them.

Athina took in the situation. “Oh cool!” she said. “You’re still here and you’re doing it!”

Takis told her, “Get out of here.”

“Oh shut up, Takis. Everybody knows you’re queer.”

“What are you doing here?” Nick asked.

“Cleaning your room, and I hope your toilet isn’t too yucky.”

“I thought you worked at your mom’s restaurant.”

“I have to have one job that pays in real money and not food, and yes, you can tip the maid. It’s encouraged.” Athina pulled her phone out of her bag and instantly started taking pictures. “But this is so cool! I’ve been posting a whole photo thing on what I find in hotel rooms.”

“No!” the men cried in unison, and jumping out of bed, pulled the sheet over the girl’s head.

Athina screamed with laughter. Inadvertently they knocked over a bedside table. Nick’s travel wallet fell out of its drawer, spilling out his FBI badge.

Takis picked it up and gave Nick a curious look. “You work for the FBI?”

Nick laughed it off. “It’s from the souvenir shop. You give them a picture and they make a fake ID. It’s fun to show at parties.”

Athina pulled the sheet off her head. “What are you talking about?”

“Nothing,” Nick said, and snatched her phone.

“Hey, that’s mine!”

“Trade you.” He swapped it with Takis for his ID.

Takis started pressing keys on the phone.

Athina grabbed for it. “Wait! What are you doing? Don’t mess it up, please!”

He handed it back. “I reset it to factory settings.”

“You what? You deleted everything? All my everything?” On the verge of tears, she checked her phone, and glared at him. “You said that just to be mean.”

“I deleted the pictures you took of us. If I missed one, I better not see it posted anywhere.”

“Can you come back later to clean the room?” Nick asked.

“If you don’t walk off with the outside key. Some people do, and then they blame me when their room’s not cleaned.”

“I didn’t know there was an outside key.”

“Everybody leaves one outside, usually over the door so little kids can’t reach it. Goodbye, creep!” she aimed at Takis. “If you erased anything else, I’ll post it that you’re queer.”

“According to you, everybody already knows.”

“I’m the first eyewitness.”

“Figa apo etho!” he said. Get out of

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