Yet.
And honestly? I don’t want to tell her what I think is in the room.
Iwant to have a secret.
“I don’t know. I heard him leave while I was finishing up in the shower and I figured it was more important to find him before I make him show me whatever’s in the room. And I need to stop by the front desk and ask for maintenance to come straighten out the pullout sofa. But where would he even go? Where’s Chandler?”
“If you can’t guess where Chandler would be, we have even bigger problems than Theo rocking the boat to wake you up this morning.”
“Golf.”
She nods. “Golf.”
“Does Theo golf?”
“I wouldn’t expect in the traditional sense, no.”
“I don’t want to know what thenontraditional sensewould be, do I?”
“You probably do in the interest of finally being thefun Laneyyou keep talking about being, but not today. So. Wanna split up and see if we can track him down?”
“Are you still mad at him?”
“Let it go, Laney. You don’t want this.”
Secrets.Secrets. We all have secrets, don’t we? This isnothow Emma’s wedding week is supposed to go.
She points to the gift shop. “I’ll start there. You head to the desk in the lobby and get everything fixed with your room. Emma’s having some secret sorority wedding ritual that she’s super excited about with Claire and a few of their sorority friends who got here last night too. Kinda nice that they have more people since it got moved from yesterday when the kitchen staff didn’t show up.”
I frown. “The kitchen staff didn’t show up?”
“It’s—argh. I think the resort is having some, erm, growing pains. But with all of us on the job, everything will be fine. Take care of you first. Find Theo second. I’ll shoot you an updated calendar. And then we can have lunch.”
Ihopewe can do lunch.
That’ll depend on Theo. And possibly his cats.
And on what Theo did to make Sabrina mad, and if they can put it all aside for Emma’s sake.
IthinkSabrina can.
But Theo?
Theo’s unpredictable chaos.
And I have no idea how I’ll keep him contained.
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Theo
I know what Emma wants.
Emma wants a peaceful, joyful wedding week.
And that means I need to leave her and Chandler alone.
After the hand incident, I’m not too keen on being stuck with Laney all day, so once I check on the kittens and get them fresh food, water, and litter, then ping Lucky to verify Chandler is golfing and nowhere near this side of the resort, I head to the beach for a long swim.
