reduce the chances of conception during ovulation from 40 to…I’m guessing, twenty percent.”
“ Twenty percent!” She felt herself panicking again and began to hyperventilate. “Oh my God! Am I in trouble!”
“ No, you’re not, dammit! Let me finish. If you think you’re pregnant, and it sounds like you do, you can take the morning-after pill for up to three days afterward. Just go to the shopping center across the street. See if there’s a drug store and ask for the morning-after pill. It’s over the counter, but the pharmacist should help you find it. One brand I know of is Levonelle, but there’re several different kinds.”
She put her arm around her sister and kissed her on the cheek. “Thanks, Jessie. I feel better already. I better get back to Kino.”
“ Wait up. I’ll come up with you.”
“ Good idea. I want to tell you about the wonderful place Kino took me to last night.”
She told Jessie all about the wonderful time she had at Hanauma Bay, and when she finished said, “Come in with me and we’ll ask our tour guide where we can go.”
They walked in, heard Kino talking on the phone and headed into the sleeping area. “Absolutely. I heard someone come in so I better go. I’ll catch ya later.”
They came around the corner and he was sitting up in the bed, still naked, but with a sheet over his lower half. Expecting them, he’d formed his patented smile. “Hi, I thought I heard you.” He nodded to Jessie. “Hi, Jessica. Nice to see you again. I love your hair.”
“ Thank you, Kino. I just had it done in the salon by a cute raven-haired girl named Suzy Q. Do you remember her?”
He shrugged. “Can’t say I do.”
“ Five four, short black hair, kind of gothic, three tattoos, pearl piercing through her tongue and somewhere personal. She seems to know you.”
“ Oh, Suzy Q. Yes, she was a redhead when I knew her. Fiery little thing.” Changing the subject, he addressed her, “Guess what, babe? I switched my shift with someone else so we can spend tomorrow together, too.”
“ That’s great, do you think you could recommend some places we could go?”
Jessie spoke up, “Yeah, maybe something a little strenuous. I have even more incentive to lose weight now.”
“ Hmm. We could hike Diamond Head. That’s strenuous, but by the time we got there today it would be too hot. Would you like to go there early tomorrow?”
Jess nodded. “How early?”
“ Seven at the latest. Six if we can.”
“ I’ll be ready. You two just come and get me.”
She leaned over and kissed him. “Thanks, but what can we do today?”
“ Oh, I can think of plenty of things to do. If you ladies will let me get dressed, we can get going.”
Feeling mischievous, Gloria said, “Go ahead and get dressed.”
He looked at her, then at Jessie, and back at her, almost daring him with her smile, and suddenly he flipped the sheet off and stood.
“ Oh my God!” Startled, she grabbed Jessie’s arm. “C’mon, sis, let’s go in your room while Kino gets dressed.” As she pulled Jessie through the adjoining door, she could see her sister looking back over her shoulder, wide-eyed.
Jessie spoke first. “I’ll bet you had the time of your life with that man. He is a serious hottie.”
Gloria flashed a wall-to-wall smile. “Did I ever. Jessie, he was wonderful. He was more concerned about my needs than his own. That doesn’t happen very often.”
“ You know, I had this conversation with the hairdresser, Suzy Q, about Kino. Supposedly, he’s a bit of a legend around here, sleeping with dozens of women, but never getting serious. Nevertheless, they all think he’s a nice guy.”
“ That doesn’t surprise me. That’s kind of what the cocktail waitress said at Rumours.” She giggled. “Too bad he’s in Hawaii.” She pushed the chair back and stood. “I better get back to him and see what he has planned.”
Jessie looked up. “No, wait, please. There’s more.”
She sat back
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