She looked up. ‘Did you accept the invitation? You could take the woman from this morning as your plus-one.’
Argh! Why had she said that? That was not shutting anything down, it was being… unhinged.
‘Faye,’ he said. ‘Are you jealous?’
At least he wasn’t having the audacity to smirk.
‘No,’ she answered coolly. ‘Because I have had dinner at Katerina’s home many times. Her mother is an excellent cook.’
He smiled then. ‘Listen, Faye?—’
‘Please, there’s no need to say anything else. It’s none of my business what guests do on the mattresses. Or anywhere else in their room. It’s only my business to arrange the cleaning up of the mess.’
‘Look, last night, it was?—’
‘OK, for the record, I definitely do not need details.’
‘OK, for the record, nothing happened and… you know I hated seeing you with Alexandros.’
No smirking still. Seconds elongated, him looking at her, her looking at him. It needed to stop.
‘I am studying,’ she reminded him.
He picked the file up off the table and looked at it. ‘What is this? Dolphins?’
‘And whales,’ Faye added.
‘No sharks?’
‘I hear they all play basketball.’
He put a hand to his chest. ‘Ouch.’ He looked at the work. ‘You have an interest in this?’
‘I’m going to be learning how to save them.’
‘From plastic straws?’
‘From dying if they become stranded in the bay.’ She snatched the file back.
‘Seriously?’
‘Very seriously. If you find a beached animal here, what do you do?’
‘Call for help?’
‘So, who do you call?’
As expected, he had no answer.
‘Exactly, which is why it’s important to know what to do and who to call.’
‘And you will have a test? To make sure you know what to do?’ he asked.
‘A demonstration and then we will have to show that we understand.’
‘Do they beach a whale for you to practise?’
‘Don’t be ridiculous.’
