By Emmeline Q. Bailey
Brad didn't even look her in the eyes as he made to take her hand to lead her into the back room.
"No," Grace said as she jerked her hand away and reached it into the fish bowl to grab the remote he'd dropped in there.
She sneered at him as she whisper yelled, "Why would you think I would be OK with that?!"
"Did you even know what was about to happen?" Bradford asked.
"Let's just get a drink while we sort this all out," Brad went on, as he took the remote from Grace. He turned towards the bar and reached a hand out for Grace to grab but she didn't take his hand.
Fuming with anger as she neared the bar, she could barely look at Brad as he ordered them drinks. Did he just bring her to a swingers party? Was he about to allow someone else to touch her without asking if she was OK with it?
As he handed her a glass of cabernet, he kissed her cheek and excused himself for the restroom. She nodded and took a deep breath. She focused on her glass of wine and took a long sip.
"Is this seat taken?" a man asked.
She didn't look up as she answered, "My date is in the restroom."
"Apologies. Would you be alright with it if I just ordered a drink while he's gone?"
"It's fine," she murmured.
"Miss, are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Grace said as she looked up and gasped as she realized it was Colin. From her dreams. From her office. Colin was talking to her.
She tried to recover and said, "He's in the restroom."
Colin smiled politely and said, "If it's alright with you, I'll just be here a moment while I order a drink."