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“Sure. Congratulations on your nuptials.”
“Are you here alone?”
“Yes. I take this vacation every year.”
Lila giggled. “Well enjoy. Maybe we’ll see you, but I doubt it if you know what I mean.”
I smiled weakly. “Yes, I do.”
I grabbed my cell and held it up to check the signal. I too had almost none. “I barely have a signal. I’ll go inside and call. Which number is your villa?”
“Thank you. It’s four.”
Lila swam away to the villa next to the one Austin stayed at the year before. I wondered if anyone was occupying that one. I went inside and called the front desk to let them know Lila’s phone was out. I felt uncomfortable between my legs, a nagging throb my dream had ignited.
I went outside and jumped from the corner of the deck, hoping the water would cool me. It was as warm as a bath, and I got no relief as I swam back and forth from the villa next door to mine. I needed something to work off my sexual frustration and exercise would have to do. After several laps, I found myself tiring near the deck of the opposite villa. I grabbed onto the steps to catch my breath.
“Hey, gorgeous.”
I looked up to see Austin standing there in a pair of red swim trunks. He smiled widely at me. I shook my head full well knowing I was dreaming again. He wasn’t here. The hallucination spoke again.
“Aren’t you going to say anything?”
“I won’t be fooled again. I’m dreaming.”
I began to swim away and heard a splash behind me. Austin grabbed me by the leg and pulled me toward him until he could wrap his arms around me.
“You’re not dreaming; it’s me.”
I almost felt like crying. “How? Why are you here? Are you on your honeymoon?”
“I canceled the wedding.”
“Why would you do that?”
“Because I realized that she wasn’t the one I loved. I love you.”
I sagged in his arms then pushed against his chest. “You said goodbye. You told me you didn’t want to see me again.”
Austin held me firmly in his grasp. “I was stupid. I made a mistake.”
“You came here for me?”
“I had this villa booked months ago.”
“But we were supposed to travel together, remember?”
“I don’t know why I did it, but I did.”
“Let me go. You hurt me.”
“If I could take back what I said, I would. I know you thought telling me about the baby would’ve interfered with Jessie, but you should have. She wasn’t right for me.”
“You went home and canceled the wedding? Two weeks before you were married?”
“I canceled it two months ago. She was using me. Using my money.”
My mouth dropped open. “Then you lied to me. You made it seem like you were still together.”
