“Got pizza and beer when you’re ready!” Eris exclaimed.
“I didn’t have beer here,” I said.
“I went to the store to get some. You were in there awhile.”
“You left my apartment unlocked to go get beer?” I asked.
“You’re not dead. You’re fine. Now come sit down and tell me how Bali went.”
“You’re not going to like it.”
“You fucked him, didn’t you?” Eris asked.
“Three times.”
“Well, at least you didn’t try to dance around it this time.”
“No use in trying to hide it. He started hitting on me in my office during our initial meeting, then he fucked me there.”
“No, shit. Office sex! Not one I’ve experienced yet,” Eris said.
“Then he fucked me on his private jet.”
“Ooh, a luxurious fucking. Nice. And?”
“And then we fucked in the ocean. And on the beach. But I combine the two because it was the same encounter.”
“Damn, Kallie. Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?”
“I don’t have the energy to sugarcoat it anymore, Eris.”
“I don’t know why you were trying to in the first place. That dance with you gets old. And frustrating.”
“I fought it a little bit on the plane, then I figured Bali could be our last hoorah. And I did go there to get him set up. We found him a couple of new surf shops. His new favorite bar and restaurants. He bought a house on the beach. That thing has a private pier and a private dock.”
“The boy’s loaded. There’s no question about it,” Eris said.
“He wanted to buy a yacht to dock at his place, so we went shopping for that. Then he convinced me to go sailing out with him on it. And I was petrified about it.”
“Considering what happened last time, I don’t blame you.”
“We went snorkeling and swimming. We tested out the boat and all of its amenities.”
“Did you test the sturdiness of the cabin below?” Eris asked as she wiggled her eyebrows.
“No,” Kallie said with a giggle. “We didn’t. Things didn’t actually go well on the boat. He told me there was one last thing he needed to make Bali perfect, and that it was me. He said he needed me, Eris.”
“And I take it since you came home that you turned him down.”
“Over and over again. There was something he said, though, and I had to stop him.”
“Why? What did he say?”
“I’m pretty sure he was about to admit to me that he loved me, Eris.”
“Now you told me before you left here that there was a small part of you that wanted to see if you could rekindle things with Ash. It sounds like you did just that. So why are you here?”
“Because my life is here? Why the hell else wouldn't I be here?”