"I have to go away for a few days, maybe a week," she said. She had waited until we were snuggled naked together in her hotel bed.
"When?" I asked, the catch in my voice so clearly audible.
"Tomorrow... I'll keep the room, you can stay here while I'm away, if you like."
"Where are you going? I need you here." I said. It sounded desperate and whiny even to me.
"It's something I have to do," she said as she nuzzled my ear, "It's a surprise."
I wanted to ask more, I wanted to know everything that she wasn't telling me, but she silenced me with a kiss and then she did things that left no thought or breath for conversation. In the morning she was gone.
YOU ARE READING
Less Of Her
Short StoryClaudia is a shut-in, a nerd. She creates custom cybernetic limbs, unique works of art. Lumi is everything Claudia is not, exotic, exciting, outgoing. Claudia comes to realise they both have their secrets. Secrets that will tear them apart.
