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to save face. She
followed the hostess to a booth at the side of the restaurant.
    “You
can go up to the buffet whenever you want and the waitress can bring you coffee
if you want?”
    Coffee,
that should wake her up.
    “Sure,
that will be great.”
    “So
I should leave the other flatware here?” asked the hostess, her hands hovering
over the place setting.
    “Yes,”
said Katy. At least people wouldn’t walk by her table thinking she was here all
by herself.
    Katy
took a few minutes to look around. The buffet was huge and everyone in the
place seemed to be one half of a young couple.
    She
got up and headed over to the cereals and grabbed a bowl and helped herself to
some granola and yogurt. She’d start with something healthy and something that
would keep her energy level high for walking around the convention hall all
day. She returned to her table where the waitress had already placed the coffee.
Her cell phone rang and she saw that it was Connor calling.
    “Hi
Connor,” she said.
    “What’s
happening in Vegas?” he asked.
    “Not
much right now?”
    “You’re
kidding.”
    “Nope, just having breakfast.”
    “In
bed with Cash maybe?” asked her brother.
Only in my dreams.
    “No.
In fact, I don’t think he’s up yet so I’m eating alone in the restaurant.”
    “Late
night with lots of action?” asked Connor.
    She
bit her lip. How could she tell her brother what happened? They were close but
she didn’t feel like discussing her relationship or sex life, or rather the
lack of it.
    “We
went to see Cirque du Soleil and then went to eat.”
    “Sounds
like fun.”
    “Yeah,
it was. So how’s the last minute campaigning going? I really should be there
helping you out.”
    “It’s
fine. Mom, Dad, me and Jennifer are going to do one
final door to door meeting and greeting, and Aunt Betty’s arranged for a bus to
pick up the folks who live out of town and take them to the polling station on
Tuesday.”
    “Yeah,
that sounds like something she’d do.”
    “Hope
you’ll be back on Tuesday to put an X next to your brother’s name.”
    “You
can count on both me and Cash doing that because our flight gets back late
Monday afternoon.”
    “Okay,
I better let you finish your breakfast and watch out because lots of people
come back hitched after a stay in Vegas.”
    “See
you Tuesday morning,” she said.
    She
usually had something snappy to throw back at her brother but not today. She
felt so down in the dumps. She even felt jealous that he was now a married man
with a baby on the way.
    Katy
took a sip of her coffee, glancing to the right and seeing Cash heading into
the restaurant. He pointed over to her when the hostess was about to show him
to a table.
    To
make things worse, he looked gorgeous again. Almost edible. Damp hair that made it look like he’d just gotten out of the
shower. And he hadn’t shaved. She always liked stubble grazing against
her cheeks, nipples, and yes, thighs. Top three buttons of his shirt were open,
and the muscles of his chest showed through the thin white material. Oh how she
wanted him. In fact, she’d never wanted a man so much in all her life. Maybe he
was making her wait for a reason. Maybe he thought she’d enjoy fucking him even
more after this dry spell.
    “Good
morning to you. I got your note,” he said, sitting down.
    “Yeah,
I woke up starving. Hope you don’t mind.”
    Liar, liar pants
on fire.
    “Can
I get you some coffee sir?” asked the waitress.
    “Yes,
that would be great and some cream too.”
    “I’ll
be right back with that and help yourself to the buffet.”
    “You
already been up there a few times?” asked Cash. He nodded at her plate.
    She
hadn’t touched much food so he probably assumed as she’d claimed to be hungry
that she’d just about reached her limit. Truth was she was hungry but the bile
in her throat made her almost want to throw up rather
than eat.
    “Yeah,
everything looked so good,” she said.
    More
lies. And she would