Amy paced back and forth across her hotel room, "Damn it Shane how did you manage to lose your job?", "I quit, besides you make she enough money for the both of us.", A drunken Shane slurred. "When are you coming home anyways?", he asked angrily. "I don't know.", she answered. Amy hated the day her friend Daisy found her stories and talked her into getting one of them published, not really she just hated the irritating phone calls from Shane. And the fact that two days after she had left to promote her book Shane had started bringing bimbos back to their home, her home. "You should come home now.", Shane ordered. "I can't.", Amy said simply trying to stay calm. After an hour of arguing about that with him she finally hung up on him.
Amy grabbed her cigarettes and walked out on the balcony. She sat down only to have to stand right back up to dig her lighter out of her pocket, only to watch it go flying off the balcony,"Damn it.", she huffed plopping back down in the chair. "Need a light?", she heard only to turn and see a handsome, well dressed man holding a flame. "Thank you.", Amy said as she leaned over to light her cigarette. "I'm Nathan and you are?", he spoke so sweetly. "Amy.", she answered reaching out to shake his hand only to watch him take her hand and kiss it lightly. Amy was speechless men just didn't do things like that where she came from all she could do was look at him in astonishment. "So what brings you here?", Nathan asked bringing Amy back to reality. "A book.", she answered simply. Nathan engaged Amy in small talk for awhile, then they bid each other a goodnight then retired to their rooms.
Amy got up the next morning and went on with her busy schedule as usual with Shane calling her what seemed like every five minutes with every little problem he had. It seemed to take forever but eventually her day ended and she found herself back in her room. She changed into some more comfortable clothes and grabbed her cigarettes and chips and made her way out on the balcony. "Need a light?", she heard Nathan's sweet voice and couldn't help herself she smiled at him. "Thanks but I'm good.", she was still smiling as she held up her lighter for him to see. "Dinner then?", he asked catching her by surprise. "Um Thanks but i got dinner right here.", she answered shaking her bag of chips. "That's not dinner.",Nathan laughed,"Let me take you out.". " I really shouldn't, it wouldn't be right.", Amy hesitated. "Why would it be wrong?", " It's just two people sharing a meal.", " besides I get tired of eating alone", Nathan countered giving her a warm smile. "I'm not sure.", Amy was still hesitant. "Come on just dinner.", Nathan pushed still giving her that heart melting smile. Amy finally agreed and went inside to dress. Twenty minutes later she met Nathan downstairs in the lobby. He offered his arm and she took it then he led her down the way to a quiet little resturaunt. Amy shared a nice evening with Nathan he was a perfect gentlemen, she had no regrets. Not even when he caught her looking through the jewelry store window at a dainty diamond cross necklace, after he paid the check. Amy tried to pay for her share of the bill but Nathan wouldn't hear of it. Nathan walked her to her room and bid her goodnight before going inside his own room. Amy went to bed with a smile on her face for the first time in years.
Amy woke the next morning with that smile still on her face. And somehow it seemed to remain in place as her hectic day went on. When her day came to an end she grabbed some take-out on her way back to the hotel hoping to repay Nathan for the wonderful evening he had shared with her, that is if he hadn't left, but that was a chance she was willing to take. Amy walked in her room sat the food on the table, grabbed her cigarettes, and made her way out on the balcony. She looked over to his balcony to see it was empty, figuring he was gone she lit her cigarette and sat down. At that moment her phone started ringing,"Hello" she answered it. " Hey girl how have you been?", Her friend daisy asked. "Good and you?",Amy was happy to hear from her friend."Good.....",Daisy started as Amy's call waiting interupted. "Damn i'm getting another call." ,Amy explained before telling her friend bye and switching over. "Hello", Amy answered the other call. "Bitch you need to come home and clean the damn house now.", Shane's voice boomed over the line. "I can't.", Amy said calmly. "Look you whore you come home right now or don't come back.", Shane said hatefully. "I'll get there when I get there.", Amy said a little louder. "Fine then I'm moving Candy in since you're not coming home you cunt.", Shane's voice came through the phone so loud that Amy had to hold the phone out. "Shane I can't deal with this now.", she yelled into the phone then hung up and turned it off.
