Page 44 of Play of Love
“Well, I imagined you with your hair in bunches, making sure all your clothes are neat, and look at you.” I pointed to her hair.
“You leave my hair alone. Worry about your own,” she huffed, pointing her spoon at me. “You look like you’ve been rolling around with dogs.”
“There you are,” Allegra said, walking into the room. She frowned when she saw Amy and looked at me askance. “What’s she doing here?”
“I guess I was right,” Amy stated through a tight-lipped smile in reference to her dog comment which Allegra hadn’t heard.
“She’s my assistant,” I said to Allegra.
“It’s Saturday.” She wore one of my shirts and pulled it closer to her chest as she continued to stare Amy down.
Amy didn’t give her the time of day. She just focused her gaze on the TV.
Now what did I do here?
“Sometimes duty calls,” I told her. I didn’t want Amy to leave.
“I thought we could go to the beach party later. Cindy will be there.”
Cindy?As if her presence could make me want to go.
“I’m going to sit this one out, I think.” I needed to, even for today. I wanted to think about tomorrow and didn’t want either Allegra or Cindy around.
“Come on, baby. Just get rid of her.” She moved over and put her arms around me.
I saw Amy look over at me out of the corner of her eyes.
“I don’t want to.” I removed Allegra’s arms and stood up.
Allegra looked surprised, shocked by my action. She then looked at Amy and assessed her.
“I see, she’s another addition to your ever-growing list of bed friends.”
I’d known Allegra a very long time. We weren’t a couple, not by a long shot, but we were together often. This was probably the part where I should talk down any concerns she clearly had over Amy. But I didn’t want to do that, either.
“No. I’m not that lucky, sweetheart,” I replied and shocked them both.
Allegra looked like I slapped her in the face and Amy simply looked stunned.
Allegra turned on her heel and walked off. Once she was out of the room I returned my focus to Amy.
“What time do we need to leave?”
“What?” Surprise filled her face.
“The surfing competition.”
“We could leave now.”
I nodded. “Yeah, let’s go now.”
