Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten

Author:Lynn Weingarten [Weingarten, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Point
Published: 2009-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

Twenty-one

And then we’re alone.

“I hope you’re not too disappointed that I put our Jamies in a separate room,” Sean says. “I just thought perhaps they needed some private time.” Sean grins.

And I grin back. “I think they already had their private time in the car,” I say.

“Well, maybe we needed some private time,” Sean says. He’s joking but I can feel my face getting hot.

I look around the room, which is at least as big as the entire top floor of our condo, and probably bigger. It’s decorated in chocolate browns, crisp whites, and deep reds. There’s a seating area off to one side, a wood-and-glass coffee table surrounded by an enormous brown leather couch. In the center of the table is a thick glass bowl filled with perfect-looking dark red apples. There’s a giant flat screen mounted on one wall, and across from it is an enormous king-size bed covered in a pristine-looking white duvet and about fifty dark red and chocolate brown pillows. The air smells faintly of honey.

“Since it was so last minute, they didn’t have any rooms with two beds. Sorry about that. I’ll crash on the couch.”

And I just nod. An image of Sean and I in that bed together tries to work itself into my brain but I do not let it. There’s a little basket on top of each nightstand filled with beautiful things—a silk eye pillow, lavender-scented pillow spray, a little vial of something, a little jar of something else, and on top of it a card on thick card stock. With our compliments. I pick up the eye pillow.

“This place is amazing,” I say. I hold the eye pillow up against my cheek. The fabric is cool and smooth.

Sean turns toward me and taps his bottom lip. And then he grins. “Yeah, it’s nice. Sometimes these places can be a little ridiculous.” He reaches into the bowl and takes out an apple, wipes it off on his shirt, and takes a bite.

“We didn’t have to stay somewhere like this, though.”

“I know,” Sean says. “But it’s fun, right? I mean, I love me a shit-box as much as the next guy, but sometimes you just need to go deluxe.”

“But it’s crazy expensive…”

“Oh.” Sean waves his hand in front of his face. “That you don’t need to worry about. Like at all. My family is…comfortable.” He looks up at me and shrugs.

“How comfortable exactly?” I clamp my hand over my mouth. “Sorry, I take it back. That was rude.”

Sean laughs. “You can ask me anything you want.”

“Okay, then I take back my taking back. How rich are we talking here?”

“Let’s just say I once stayed in a hotel like this for six weeks straight, and I doubt my father ever even noticed when he got the bill.”

“Damn,” I say.

“Yeah,” Sean says. “It’s not even my dad’s money. It’s my mom’s money, but she’s not around, so I feel it’s like my duty to spend it before the stepbitch does.”

“Your mom is…” I stop. I feel a pain in my chest, an actual pain.

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