You Again? by Spalding Nick

Author:Spalding, Nick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
Published: 2021-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

Thursday

AMY – THE BATTLE OF WIMBUFUSHI

How dare he?

How dare he cast aspersions on Ray’s abilities!

Joel? Beat Ray in a race?

How utterly absurd!

I couldn’t let it stand. I just couldn’t.

Ray would have, bless him. He’s so good-natured and kind, he would have just let Joel get away with such an insult . . . but I couldn’t. Joel needs to be put in his bloody place, and if that means a quick race around Wimbufushi, then so be it!

Quite why I decided to inject myself into it is beyond me, though.

The last thing I need is to take part in any more strenuous exercise.

But damn it, I just saw red! I know what Joel is up to. I always know what Joel is up to.

He was trying to make my man look bad. And I can’t have that! Not at all!

So, despite the fact that I feel like death warmed up, I am going to take part in this stupid race, and I am going to prove to Joel just how small and pathetic he truly is!

If I don’t throw up, that is . . .

Because there’s every chance I might, thanks to what I ate last night.

After the . . . outdoor toileting incident, I made my way very slowly back to Ray, keeping to the shadows as best I could. I told him I wasn’t feeling well, and he came back to the bungalow with me, proceeding to fuss over me until I fell into a fitful sleep.

I had another attack of the galloping runs at about 4 a.m., throughout which I cursed my ex-husband to the lowest pits of hell.

When I got up this morning, the need to go to the toilet had passed, but I still felt decidedly under the weather.

When Ray suggested a morning walk to cheer me up a bit, I was happy to accept. When he saw the kayaks, though, my heart sank.

He loves water sports. They’re pretty much his favourite past time. So it came as no surprise he eagerly went over to them, hoping to have a go on one, only to discover that there were only two-man kayaks available.

What could I do? I couldn’t leave him disappointed, could I? Not when he spends his entire life never disappointing me.

So, despite the fact that I was green to the gills, I agreed to come out with him on a little kayaking excursion, provided we took things relatively easy.

And that’s how things went – until bloody Joel and bloody Cara came alongside us.

And now, for some unfathomable reason, I’m about to take part in a race around Wimbufushi island, even though I might yak up all over Ray’s back while doing so.

But I just can’t let him get away with it.

Joel, I mean.

I can’t let him walk away from insulting the best person I know like that.

AND I want some measure of revenge for making me shit over the side of that pier . . .

Does Joel know that’s what I had to do? Is that why he suggested we start the race right on top of the place where I .

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