While You Were Gone: A Thought I Knew You Novella by Moretti Kate

Author:Moretti, Kate [Moretti, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

“Greg,” I hiss as a concierge takes our bags. “This is crazy. Can you afford this?”

“It’s on the company.” He quickly pockets his credit card and picks lint off his sleeve. “Just relax. Enjoy it.”

He shifts on his feet, ill at ease and looking around. Maybe he’s wondering what he’s gotten himself into. A luxury hotel. A somewhat mobile invalid. He wanders away from me to the far end of the lobby and gazes out at the rolling hills of a pristine golf course. I absently pick up a pamphlet and thumb through it.

“You know,” I say thoughtfully, coming up behind him. “This hotel is famous for its golf course. Do you?”

“Do I golf?” He laughs, but it’s strangled and a tiny bit hollow. He turns to me. “No. I have but not in years, and I wasn’t any good.” I may be imagining a wistful edge. “And then I sort of ran out of time.”

“Isn’t that a pre-req for a corporate man? Must use appropriate buzzwords like synergistic and mindshare, must own”—I tilt my head and eye him head to toe with a sideways smile. I take the cotton collar of his shirt between my fingertips—“polo shirts in all colors, including pink, for trendiness, must own at least three hundred and seventy-two pairs of khaki pants, and must golf.”

“This is my list of qualifications?” He puts his hands on his hips, but his eyes are laughing. Finally.

“Well, not really. You fail at golf.” I step into his space, our faces inches apart. “So really, you’re hardly qualified at all.” I whisper the end, and his hand reaches out, grazes my waist.

“If you’re ready, you can follow me.” An efficient hostess interrupts, her voice high and official. She click-clacks away. Greg shrugs and motions for me to follow. He doesn’t take my hand, and I curse her intrusion.

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