Chapter Two
She knew she was going to hear it when she got back, so she took her time driving back to the resort. She made sure he left first still being cautious. She passed the pastel colored homes wishing again that she had the guts to take a job on the island and never go home.
Before she got her key in the lock Shenell threw the door open and gave her a really hard look. "I'm not going to yell at you because."
"I am. Where the Hell have you been? Tanya screamed at the top of her lungs. "Its one thing to go off on your own but a note would be nice or a phone call to say 'no I haven't drowned or fell off a cliff' would have been greatly appreciated."
"I'm sorry. I just wanted some me time." She didn't put up a fight because they were right and she could see they were really worried. She hugged them both trying to dispel some of their emotion but received halfhearted hugs in return.
She went straight to the shower to wash the sand off. She stood in the shower thinking about her day. Her favorite part of Dominic was his nose. It was so broad. He must be Italian. Maybe with a little of something else. Who cares! He was beautiful. A man's man. Not a pretty boy. And that voice. She just tingled when she thought about it. Sounded like he spoke from deep in his chest. Whoa stop thinking about a man. This is not why you are here.
As she was drying off she remembered that she promised to meet him for dinner. She winced thinking of how pissed her girls were and what it was going to take to get them to come. She went out into the sitting area in her towel. Shenell and Tanya were watching TV laying in wait for her.
"Let's go to the Lighthouse for dinner?" she asked trying to get them to agree on the sly.
"Nah we want to cook out by the pool," Shenell said cutting her eye at Tanya.
"We would have dinner done by now but we were afraid to leave the suite in case you called," Tanya snapped still pissed.
"Well I met this guy."
"What! You mean to tell me we were worried and your out there picking up men!" Tanya said disbelief in her voice.
"No. We sort of hung out and he offered to take us to dinner to make up for keeping me out all day."
"I don't know. I don't like the idea of going out with a stranger," Shenell added.
"Well that's why I offered to meet him there. There are three of us and one of him. And we come and go under our own steam."
When they got to the restaurant they were late because Tanya took forever to get ready for anything. Kim was afraid that he would not be there and her girls would think she had made him up. But he was there dressed in a white linen shirt that was unbuttoned halfway down his chest and white linen pants and sandals showing off the tan he got in the sun today. He was sitting at the bar drinking. When he saw her he flashed them that stunning smile and Tanya and Shenell both stopped dead in their tracks.
"I thought you said you met a man not a fine man, "Tanya said drawing out the word fine to emphasize her point.
When he spotted them they looked like that painting of black women that he had seen in Edwin's house. Shenell was the lightest of them, toffee colored and Tanya was at the other end the spectrum, dark chocolate. Tanya was voluptuous with shoulder length hair and slanted eyes and high cheekbones. She wore an itty-bitty tube top with shorts and high-heeled sandals that laced up her legs. Shenell's hair cascaded down her back and wore a sundress that reminded him of Marilyn Monroe. Kim had opted to wear a black halter-top that tied behind her neck and back black linen shorts. She wore the same sandals she had on when he met her. She dressed so simple and still managed to outshine her companions.
He opened his arms and she involuntarily moved toward him to receive her hug. She was secretly impressed that he was patient. He engulfed her in his big guns and he whispered in her ear.
"I was almost beginning to give up on you." His breath tickled her ear and she allowed herself to melt against him.
"Sorry, but they were really mad at me and I had to promise to hang with them tomorrow just to get them here"
"If all of your party has arrived Mr. Toretto your table is ready out on the water"
The hostess' voice shocked her out of the little world Dominic had created with his arms causing her jump at the sound. He smelled so good. Spicy. And his skin was warm. She loved being pressed up against him. She thought his back was nice. Hah. No comparison. He was all muscle with warm skin over it. She moved out of his embrace and immediately regretted it. She felt cold. She hugged herself to regain some warmth. He noticed and placed his arm around her and guided her toward their table. Her girlfriends watched in utter amazement. Kim hadn't even introduced them.
She knew she was going to hear it when she got back, so she took her time driving back to the resort. She made sure he left first still being cautious. She passed the pastel colored homes wishing again that she had the guts to take a job on the island and never go home.
Before she got her key in the lock Shenell threw the door open and gave her a really hard look. "I'm not going to yell at you because."
"I am. Where the Hell have you been? Tanya screamed at the top of her lungs. "Its one thing to go off on your own but a note would be nice or a phone call to say 'no I haven't drowned or fell off a cliff' would have been greatly appreciated."
"I'm sorry. I just wanted some me time." She didn't put up a fight because they were right and she could see they were really worried. She hugged them both trying to dispel some of their emotion but received halfhearted hugs in return.
She went straight to the shower to wash the sand off. She stood in the shower thinking about her day. Her favorite part of Dominic was his nose. It was so broad. He must be Italian. Maybe with a little of something else. Who cares! He was beautiful. A man's man. Not a pretty boy. And that voice. She just tingled when she thought about it. Sounded like he spoke from deep in his chest. Whoa stop thinking about a man. This is not why you are here.
As she was drying off she remembered that she promised to meet him for dinner. She winced thinking of how pissed her girls were and what it was going to take to get them to come. She went out into the sitting area in her towel. Shenell and Tanya were watching TV laying in wait for her.
"Let's go to the Lighthouse for dinner?" she asked trying to get them to agree on the sly.
"Nah we want to cook out by the pool," Shenell said cutting her eye at Tanya.
"We would have dinner done by now but we were afraid to leave the suite in case you called," Tanya snapped still pissed.
"Well I met this guy."
"What! You mean to tell me we were worried and your out there picking up men!" Tanya said disbelief in her voice.
"No. We sort of hung out and he offered to take us to dinner to make up for keeping me out all day."
"I don't know. I don't like the idea of going out with a stranger," Shenell added.
"Well that's why I offered to meet him there. There are three of us and one of him. And we come and go under our own steam."
When they got to the restaurant they were late because Tanya took forever to get ready for anything. Kim was afraid that he would not be there and her girls would think she had made him up. But he was there dressed in a white linen shirt that was unbuttoned halfway down his chest and white linen pants and sandals showing off the tan he got in the sun today. He was sitting at the bar drinking. When he saw her he flashed them that stunning smile and Tanya and Shenell both stopped dead in their tracks.
"I thought you said you met a man not a fine man, "Tanya said drawing out the word fine to emphasize her point.
When he spotted them they looked like that painting of black women that he had seen in Edwin's house. Shenell was the lightest of them, toffee colored and Tanya was at the other end the spectrum, dark chocolate. Tanya was voluptuous with shoulder length hair and slanted eyes and high cheekbones. She wore an itty-bitty tube top with shorts and high-heeled sandals that laced up her legs. Shenell's hair cascaded down her back and wore a sundress that reminded him of Marilyn Monroe. Kim had opted to wear a black halter-top that tied behind her neck and back black linen shorts. She wore the same sandals she had on when he met her. She dressed so simple and still managed to outshine her companions.
He opened his arms and she involuntarily moved toward him to receive her hug. She was secretly impressed that he was patient. He engulfed her in his big guns and he whispered in her ear.
"I was almost beginning to give up on you." His breath tickled her ear and she allowed herself to melt against him.
"Sorry, but they were really mad at me and I had to promise to hang with them tomorrow just to get them here"
"If all of your party has arrived Mr. Toretto your table is ready out on the water"
The hostess' voice shocked her out of the little world Dominic had created with his arms causing her jump at the sound. He smelled so good. Spicy. And his skin was warm. She loved being pressed up against him. She thought his back was nice. Hah. No comparison. He was all muscle with warm skin over it. She moved out of his embrace and immediately regretted it. She felt cold. She hugged herself to regain some warmth. He noticed and placed his arm around her and guided her toward their table. Her girlfriends watched in utter amazement. Kim hadn't even introduced them.