Starting over chapter 02

Chapter two

Sarah woke up in bed alone the next morning, at her breakfast table she found a note from Derek asking her to meet up with him at his place for lunch. She checked her calendar and saw that for once she was free for lunch. She had had so many lunch meetings lately. She dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and headed off to the hotel. It was actually starting to look like what she and Meg wanted it to be. She went into the office and started her computer. She sent Meg some new photos of the development and then she put ‘Derek Evans’ into her search engine. They hadn’t been dating… was they even dating, she asked herself, well seeing each other for two weeks and the times they had spent the night together it had been at hers and Meg’s place 1499 Ocean avenue. A house, right at the beach, that they had been lucky to get their hands on. She looked at the address she got 1305 Ocean Avenue, at least same road, but again this was the road following the beach. She had jogged it all a few times and wondered what house that was Derek’s.

After a couple of hours she packed up her computer, she didn’t think she’d return today and if she was stopping at Derek’s she’d be able to get a few more hours in. If he let her, she thought. She sat in her car and drove off. Derek opened the door and leant on the frame even before Sarah got out of the car. “Hi there” he said with a grin “Hi” Sarah approached and gave him a kiss. “I missed you when I woke up” “Well I had a few things to do to clear my day” he put his hand on the low of her back and showed her inside “Welcome to my place, I hope it’s not too messy” “Oh, I don’t mind, not that particular about picking up around me” she laughed “My sister Meg will have a fit when she comes back” “How come?” Derek asked and Sarah hit him on the shoulder “You’ve seen the place, it’s a total mess” Derek raised his eyebrows “Mess? I’ve not seen any mess, but again I only have eyes for you” he looked her in the eyes “By the way, it’s been way to long since I did this last” he said and bent his head to kiss her.


During her stay Meg had been at a few tours around the island. Today she had decided to join a trip to the caves. Most of the people in the bus were in groups but not Meg and not the man she had met on the beach so many mornings. The only available seat was next to him “Do you want the window seat?” he offered. “No, the aisle is fine” Meg answered and sat down “I’m Meg” she extended her hand. “Ben” he said in the sexiest accent Meg had ever heard. Meg lifted her camera off her neck at the same time as Ben did and they bumped into each other “You’re into photographing?” she asked as she saw he had a camera like her own and it wasn’t one of those simple models “Yes, it’s been a hobby of mine for a long time. Are you sure you don’t want to have this seat, you could maybe get some photos of the view” Meg shook her head “No, as I said, this is fine, but maybe we could change after the next stop” “Hello and welcome to this trip” the guide started and Ben and Meg didn’t talk much more for a while. The first stop on the trip was Porto Cristo where the famous ‘Cuevas del Drach’ was located and after the stop there it was time for lunch in the little town. “This reminds me of home” Meg said. It still felt strange calling Sunset Beach ‘home’ “The closeness to the sea, the smell, the warm weather” the guide came up to Meg and Ben where they stood talking “I’m sorry but the restaurant made a mistake when setting the table and missed out on two settings” she said “Now they can only offer a place on the upstairs balcony and I really hate to split the families or groups up, would it be ok for you two to take that place?” Meg looked at Ben “It’s ok with me” and Ben smiled at the guide “Then it is ok” the guide sighed of relief “I will have the restaurant compensating us so when we get back to Alcudia you will get your money back for lunch, this isn’t ok for us” “Oh, ok” Meg said surprised. “Or you could fix us a nice bottle of wine” Ben started and looked at Meg “You do drink wine?” Meg nodded her answer and Ben turned back to the guide “Maybe something as local as possible” “I will try my best and thank you for cooperating” she went off and Ben and Meg was showed to the upstairs balcony where they had a lovely view out over the sea. Ben and Meg talked about their vacation on the island and both agreed that it was one of the best they’d ever been to. “Do you like classical music?” Ben asked “It can be nice and relaxing sometimes” Meg said “Saying that I don’t know that much about it” “Well there is a small village called Valldemosa where the composer Chopin lived and I was planning on going the day after tomorrow” he looked into her eyes “Maybe you’d like to join me”

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