Strings Attached by Cassandra Gold

Author:Cassandra Gold [Gold, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781623004453
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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By dinnertime, Travis was starving again. He beamed at James. "We get to go to a real luau. Isn't that awesome?"

"A luau, really?" James's expression hovered between interested and concerned.

"What? It'll be fun."

"I suppose. Will there be a bunch of women dancing the hula?"

"We'll have to wait and see." Travis urged James forward. "I don't want to be late. It's all you can eat, but still..."

James must have decided to stop worrying and just go with the flow, because he allowed himself to be ushered toward the luau. "You would be worried about that. They won't run out."

Travis burst into laughter. "You seem to think all I care about is food."

Raising an eyebrow, James leaned closer to him. "I know that's not all you care about."

Travis couldn't help his shiver at the intent look in James's eyes. Too bad they couldn't do anything about it. In fact, they were about to reach the front of the luau line.

A woman in a Hawaiian shirt greeted them at the entrance. Another woman put a pink-and-purple orchid lei over each of their heads. They posed for a picture with two more costumed employees similar to the ones at the front gate---without a peep from James this time---and finally they were directed to their table.

Several others were already seated at the table they were escorted to. Travis smiled at them. "Hey, everyone. I'm Travis, and this is James. We're from St. Louis."

An old woman across the table nodded at him. "Hello, Travis. I'm Mabel." She pointed to the man next to her. "This is my husband, Herman. We're here to celebrate our fiftieth anniversary."

"Wow, that's cool. Congratulations." Travis couldn't imagine being with someone for fifty years.

A young couple next to James introduced themselves as Sabrina and Gil, newlyweds from San Diego.

A heavily tattooed couple arrived to take up the last seats at their table. The man tipped his head at Travis. "Nice piercings."

"Nice ink." Travis grinned, happy to meet someone who shared his interests.

While they waited for their table to be ushered to the buffet line, Travis talked shop with Dennis and Sandy, who were bikers from Arizona. They each planned to get

more tattoos soon. Next to him, James chatted with the other occupants of the table. The entertainment began a few minutes later, and the table quieted.

Finally it was time to eat. Travis got roast pork, teriyaki chicken, fish, and an interesting dish called chicken long rice. At the end of the table, he picked up sample-sized portions of a few more dishes, including raw fish, and poi, which was a weird purple paste.

Beside him, James grimaced at the stranger offerings. "What on earth is that purple stuff?"

"The sign says poi."

"Ugh."

It didn't matter whether James tried them or not, but suddenly Travis didn't want him to get back to the table without at least one of the stranger foods. He nudged James with an elbow. "Try it."

James eyed the goo with suspicion. "Why?"

"Why not?" Travis picked up one of the small servings and held it out to James.

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