Faith said, smiling over at Shannon and Monique as she poured glasses of wine. “Yes, but I feel bad that we left you here all alone,” Monique said. “Hey, don’t feel bad. It was a lazy weekend for me. I finished one book and began another. This one was a romance novel that came highly recommended. I also practiced my tennis strokes and walked on the beach whenever the mood hit. I missed having you guys around, but it was okay.” What Faith refused to tell them was that while reading the romance novels and coming across several hot and explicit love scenes, she had reached for the phone ready to take Shane Masters up on his offer to spend some time over at his place, but her willpower had always won out and she hadn’t. There had been times where things had gotten lonely and little too quiet, but her novels had pretty much kept her entertained. She had even gone next door to visit Anna and discovered her neighbor had gone away for the weekend as well. She then remembered Anna mentioning a few days ago that she would be spending the Fourth of July on that island her family owned.
