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I’d been so caught up in my thoughts that I hadn’t noticed him
approach.
    “Not
yet,” I replied absently, taking only casual note of the man. He was fairly
attractive; probably early-thirties or so. His hair and thin goatee were both
jet black, and he had blue eyes that were so bright that they almost glowed.
    His
suit was freshly pressed, and his tie matched the shade of his eyes. Were I not so smitten with Eve, I might have found him
quite appealing. As it was, he was only a pretty face…and his shiny gold
wedding band proved things moot anyways.
    We
sat in silence for a minute after he ordered his Rum and Coke, and my thoughts
returned to Eve. I wondered how long she’d be, or if I’d end up with Mister
Married hitting on me before she got back. It wouldn’t have been the first time
a married guest had tried to flirt with me…what happens on vacation stays on
vacation, right? At least I was wearing my civilian clothes – it was even more
awkward when they already knew me from the nametag.
    “ Waitin ’ for someone?” the man asked conversationally.
    “Yeah. You?”
    “Sort of.” The drink arrived, and he took a
long pull of it before he continued. “My wife is mad at me – I haven’t seen her
in a little while. I was hoping I might find her if I just looked around for a
while...”
    “Have
you asked Guest Services?” I asked, slipping into my ‘crew member’ voice. Might
as well try to help the guy – I had nothing better to do. “Usually, people get
lost on the first day. Maybe she’s wandering around looking for you.”
    The
man laughed. “I somehow doubt that. I pissed her off pretty bad; she’s not
going to be asking around for me anytime soon.”
    “What’d
you do to piss her off?”
    He
considered for a moment before answering. “What didn’t I do is the question. I’m a workaholic, I drink too much and
I have almost no sexual appetite. If you wanna know
what really pissed her off, though…I
think telling her I wasn’t ready for us to have kids was when she snapped.”
    I
winced at that. “That’s a tough one. Don’t worry about it, though…you seem like
a nice guy. I’m sure she’ll come to her senses. It’s only been a few hours,
right?”
    “No,”
he said, laughing again. It was a humorless laugh this time. “It’s been about
four months.”
    My
brow furrowed. “She didn’t board with you? Aren’t you staying in the same
room?”
    “I
doubt she even knows I’m here.”
    My
curiosity piqued, I was about to ask him something else before I was
interrupted by Keith, the bartender. He placed the man’s bill on the table with
a warm smile before moving on to someone else.
    The
man looked at it without interest for a moment before turning back to me. “But
you don’t care about that. I’m Robert, you are…?”
    “Amanda,”
I replied, though I was still curious about the man’s odd little marriage. “Don’t
worry, I want to help. I just started dating someone, and it makes me sad to
think you’re not talking to your wife. If I can help, let me know?”
    “Sure,”
Robert replied, distractedly tossing his credit card onto the bar. “I-”
    “Hi, Eve!” Keith shouted from a few feet
away from where we were sitting.
    I
swiveled in my bar chair until I was facing the door, where I saw the woman I
loved in one of her trademark black skirts and white blouses. She grinned
widely when she saw me, but it faded almost immediately and she froze a second
later. Her face suddenly went sheet white and she wobbled slightly, and I was
worried that she would faint right there and then.
    I
was on my feet and about to move before I noticed Robert was about to do the
same thing. He glanced over at me curiously, and I’m sure I was giving him the
same look in return. I was about to ask what the hell his problem was when
Keith’s voice broke the silence between us.
    “Here’s
your card back, Mister Simmons. Thanks for coming!”
    My
breath caught in my throat, and I felt a