Chapter 21

“Oh, my. He is handsome,” Claire, a mink

clad grandmother of seven said as Roderick approached, and then she

looked at Alex and asked. “Do you know him?”

Alex was unsure whether it was best to flee

the area, or to staunchly support the claim that he had never met

Roderick in his life. “We um,…well, we…,” he stumbled.

“We spent a wonderful night together, and he

forgot to leave me his number,” Roderick said, smiling as he

approached the group.

“Well, that wasn’t nice, Alex,” Madge, a

grey-haired woman in a jogging suit scolded.

“I’ve done that to men a hundred times,”

Claire said.

“Well, that’s no mystery,” Stella said,

smiling a big smile and blowing a kiss to Claire.

“When you’re in a town this size, you don’t

always want to run into people,” Claire said, blowing a kiss back

to Stella. “As I’m sure you know.”

“Exactly,” Alex agreed.

Roderick turned and looked at him, and

asked, “So I was just some one night stand to you?”