Locked in Marriage

Chapter Three

Kayla watched as Colton walked out of the hotel. She couldn't believe that she was actually attracted to him and the way he walked was exactly the way Daniel Craig walked in James Bond. She had two choices: stay with him forever or get divorced. She didn't know which one she would regret more. She thought maybe they could try and get to know each other before making such a rash decision, but then again getting married in Vegas was a rash decision as well. She was conflicted in how she felt about him. He was a challenge to her, whereas Nate was not. Nate came perfectly packaged to her while Colton seemed to be the brooding type, he had secrets and she wanted to know them. She shook her head and walked back to sit with her friends.

"We need to figure out what you should do," Molly said. She finished paying the bill and they walked out into the lobby and Dylan walked up to them.

"Hey, where is Colton? He's not answering his phone," Dylan asked.

"He went golfing," Finley, said clearly angry at Colton's decision and Dylan chuckled a little.

"Of course he did. He does that when he gets stressed out," Dylan said.

"What golf course does he go to?" Kayla asked. She had a plan. She wanted to talk to Colton, just the two of them and figure this out. She was going to try and convince Colton to come to LA and meet her parents and try and get to know him better. Maybe this way their sham of a marriage will have a chance of surviving.

"He goes to Anthem Country Club, but I wouldn't go there if I were you," Dylan said. Kayla was already running out to a cab sitting in front of the hotel. She got in and told the cabbie the country club and they sped off. Dylan looked back at Molly and Finley and just shrugged his shoulders.

"Want to hit the pool? It's super nice out," he asked.

"Sure," they said in unison and walked towards the pool. It didn't take very long for Kayla to get to the country club, although she felt as if she didn't belong in the country club. It was very high end, very expensive looking. When she walked in, all the women in the lobby looked at her and then at the TV that was on and then back at her. She turned the corner and looked at the TV; it was she and Colton last night walking into Caesar's Palace, holding hands and wearing their wedding bands. She ran out of the room and walked down a small hallway and at the end of the hallway she saw Colton wearing a Ralph Lauren golfing ensemble and heading out to the golf course. She quickly and quietly ran after him and saw him walk onto the driving range. She snuck out the door and tiptoed behind him.

"Seriously Kayla. You don't think I know your following me," Colton said stopping in front of his private driving range. Kayla jumped; she wasn't expecting him to turn around. He had grabbed her arm and it made her heart race, it could have been from the shock of him turning around but she knew it was because his soft hands were touching her skin.

"Umm, yeah. I, umm, just wanted to talk about, you know, our situation," Kayla stuttered. She was picking at her nails and adjusting her hair as Colton let go of her arm.

"Okay, so I came here to get away from you and our little problem and you followed me? Great," he said sarcastically. He set up a golf ball on the tee and pulled out one of his Calloway drivers and smacked the ball. It sailed through the air and landed on one of the targets. Kayla could see Colton's back muscles as he swung to hit the ball and she watched him with admiration and then shook her head realizing what she was doing.

"Okay I get that you don't want to talk to me right now but we need to figure this out right now. My mom wants to meet you and she wants you to come to LA when I fly home tonight," Kayla said. Colton shrugged his shoulders. He didn't want to meet her parents, he wanted to get divorced and move on with his life. He just went back to hitting a few more balls.