Selena now argued her points, “Like we will be tourists but we do need to hide who we are. If Carlos and I go there with two bodyguards, who are we?”
I nodded. “The town is not huge enough to cover our presence even though tourists will be there. And we do not want to tip anyone off that we are looking for those kids. We need to be on vacation. Totally harmless. To be seen as silly, funny, drunk and or idiots on the surface.”
Rain looked over at Henry with a sort of deadpan face. Like he had all kinds of things to tease Henry with on this subject.
Henry scoffed as he warned him, “Don’t even open your mouth, Russian boy.”
I now pointed out the obvious, “Like that right there. How gay can you two be?”
Selena burst out laughing.
Both men looked over at her with glares in their eyes.
She tried to smother it but her laughter pealed out anyway. “Stop making me laugh!” she exclaimed as she held her belly.
“If you both think so…” Rain sighed.
“You are gonna go along with this?” Henry asked him as he looked absolutely gobsmacked.
Rain shrugged. “As long as you promise to keep your grubby hands off me.”
I covered my mouth. More laughter at their expense would not win this one.
Selena bit at her lip as tears shone in her eyes from trying to hold in her laughter.
“K-keep my…” Henry spluttered.
“Yes, I have always known that you think I am sexy,” Rain claimed.
Ok, that did it, I howled with laughter.
That also seemed to unhinge Selena as she did the same.
We both leaned onto one another as our laughter knew no bounds.
Henry actually scowled. “Ha-ha. Great joke.” He looked over at Rain. “Are you in on this prank too?”
Looking unamused, Rain slowly shook his head.
Henry looked over at me now. “Carlos. This is not a funny subject. How can you laugh?”
I tried to get a breath in and speak, “I-I’m… It is not a joke, Henry.”
Henry looked back and forth at us as if he still held out hope that this was only a joke.
Rain shrugged. “We need a good cover and that would definitely be a good one. Except I caution you to not even try to hold my hand.” He glared at Henry.
“Oh, no, no,” Henry argued. “Methinks one doth protest too much. You are agreeing to this awfully fast, Rain. So maybe you are the one crushing on me.”
“Andmethoughtsare that you are protesting more than I am, Sir Of Denial.”
Both Selena and I lost it all over again as we fell onto the bed and couldn't seem to catch our breath between laughs.
“Blimey… you two suck,” Henry grumbled.
I tried to stop laughing, I really did.
Rain shook his head. “Ok, let's leave thenutty newlywedsalone for now,” he griped and looked over at a disgusted looking Henry. “I got us rooms on either side of this one.”
