down. “Yes.”
“ Do you remember him mentioning a girlfriend he used to go to Rumours with, until she moved to the mainland?”
She nodded. “Ah-huh.”
“ The word is she left him to pursue an acting career in Hollywood and that triggered his Don Juan behavior.”
“ What’s your point?”
“ Like you, his girlfriend was beautiful and talented. I think he has eyes for you, but I don’t want you getting any ideas. He’s nice and gorgeous, but he’s three thousand miles away.”
She laid a hand over Jessie’s. “Don’t worry, honey. I have a career in dancing and choreography waiting for me and I wouldn’t miss it for anything.” I rose again. “Let me go see if he’s ready. I’ll knock on your door when we’re ready to leave.”
* * * *
She walked up to him as he was tucking his shirt in. “Okay, we’re both ready to go, but first I’d like to ask you a question. Kino, have you ever been tested for…you know?”
“ STDs? You’re worried about this morning, aren’t you?”
“ Yeah, a little. You do get around and that was unplanned.”
“ Don’t worry, sweetheart, I’m clean. I got lab results back just a few days before I met you.”
She couldn’t help but wonder if he made that up. “I don’t understand. Why were you tested? Do you get tested regularly?”
He shook his head and glanced at her. “Naw. I caught a little bug and took the medicine for it for three weeks. The doctor wanted to make sure it was gone. I can show you if you want to see.”
She felt bad for doubting him. “No, that’s all right. I believe you.” Whew, now I only have to worry about being pregnant, and I’ll take care of that tomorrow. “I feel much better now. What do you have planned?”
“ Well, I had hoped you’d crawl back in bed with me.” He winked. “But since you brought your sister back with you, that’s out of the question. I thought I’d start by taking you both to brunch at Kimo and Boots. After that I have a couple places in mind.”
* * * *
That afternoon, and over the next two days, Kino led a dual life—Kino the tour guide during the day, and Kino the lover supreme every night.
During the day, Kino took her sister and her to Pearl Harbor , the Polynesian Cultural Center , Iolani Palace and the Bishop Museum. They visited Chinatown again, went shopping at the Ala Moana Mall and the Ward Center. They climbed up Diamond Head one day, and hiked Makapuu Point trail the next.
At night, Kino wove a web of dependence on Gloria by delivering extraordinary, flawless lovemaking. She was getting used to having him around and, worse yet, addicted to his steady diet of carnal pleasures. It was going to be extremely hard to leave him.
Chapter Seven - The Last Day
The day both of them had dreaded—the last day—had arrived.
Still in her glory under a sexy robe, she sat next to Kino. He was naked under the sheets. “I have to be at the airport for my flight by ten A.M. tomorrow. What are we going to do today?”
“ Well, I was hoping you’d crawl back in bed with me.”
Smiling, she untied the front of her robe and slipped it over her shoulders, letting it flitter down her arms to the floor. As she pulled the covers back and slid into the bed, she kissed him passionately. “Ooh, you naughty boy, I hoped you’d say that. After sex, then what?”
“ Then I want to take you somewhere that has a magnificent view of Honolulu and the ocean. There we would swim and make love, and when night comes, we both would dress up.”
“ All I have is that white cocktail dress I wore on our first date.”
“ Perfect, I would love to see you dressed to the nines again before you leave. After we get dressed I will fix a gourmet candlelight dinner. And this time, following dinner, we will take our formal clothes off for the last time.” He winked.
After an hour-long bout of steamy sex, they enjoyed a high-calorie lunch at the Hula Grill to make up for all the energy they’d
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