Wanted by Her Lost Love

After twenty minutes, regretfully, she toed the leverfor the drain and then hauled herself out of the tub.Her stomach growled and she hurriedly went throughthe motions of dressing and putting on enoughmakeup to look presentable in public.She devoured the bagel, the cinnamon roll and thefruit Ryan had left for her. She ate every crumb andlicked her fingers, feeling like a pig, but a verysatisfied pig. It had been a while since she’d had ahearty appetite and it had been weeks sinceanything had actually tasted good to her.After downing an entire glass of juice, shesmacked her lips in pleasure and went in search of abeach towel she could spread out on the sand.She’d seen umbrellas dotting the private sectionof the beach reserved for the hotel guests and sheplanned to make good use of one while she waitedfor Ryan to return.After months of being on her feet for hours on end,working a thankless job for paltry wages, a daylounging on the beach sounded about as decadentas it got. She was going to enjoy every minute.She didn’t bother with sandals since she wasn’tgoing far. The sand felt luxurious beneath her feet.