At Orchid Private Club
This was the first tElmer and the other men had been in Carlos’ private booth, so they were all very excited. As soon as Elmer entered the booth, something dawned on him. He stole a glance at Debbie. She must be still close to Carlos if she could use his private booth. Then he thought of the insanely expensive liquor he had deliberately asked for at their last dinner; his heart fluttered nervously.
There were six of them at dinner, including Debbie. The wooden lazy
Susan was big enough for more than ten people. ALL kinds of salads were waiting for them; the bowls covered the table.
Debbie bid a waiter open the alcohol Carlos ordered for them.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Fill ‘em up please.”
“Yes, miss,” the waiter answered politely
One of the guests, Mr. Osmond, surveyed the sumptuous room and exclaimed, “Okay, I’m impressed. How did you manage to score Carlos’ private booth?”
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Debbie smiled, “I’m flattered, Mr. Osmond You’ve been around the world,
I bet.” Mr. Osmond was pleased.
He laughed and then asked Debbie in a whisper, “So you and Carlos…”
He didn’t finish his sentence, but Debbie knew where he was going with that.
“Everything’s fine,” she answered vaguely.
“Please allow me,
Osmond,” she said as she filled his glass.
Realizing she was trying to change the subject, the guests exchanged glances.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Debbie, let the waiters do this. You don’t have to,” Osmond said.
“You helpeda Lot. Pouring for you is the least I can do,” Debbie replied tactfully.
When they had eaten most of the salad, the alcohol had gone around three times.
During this time, Elmer had been very quiet.
“Debbie, I need to go into the office and deal with something urgent. You guys enjoy.” He suddenly spoke up.
“Elmer, you have to leave now?” Osmond said.
“Who knows how Long we’ll have to wait before we can do this again? It’s Carlos’ private booth
Besides, we can play golf or pool afterwards. Just enjoy.”
Debbie blinked innocently.