Chapter Ten
Melanie & Alina
“I am different to Katya,” Alina told Melanie as they sipped at a delicious and sensibly priced Errazuriz from Chile, the Sauvignon Blanc complementing the halibut in a lobster and shrimp sauce they had both ordered.
The bistro in which they were lunching was as new as their relationship if not quite as… surprising, and Melanie was enjoying the company of her young lover and mistress as they talked over the premises they had just viewed from where it was intended Melanie would pick up her former career and open the Temping Agency that would fund their partnership.
The “surprise” having come shortly after the arrival of the wine and before Alina’s pointing out of the difference between herself and their mutual friend:
“I am not a lazy person, Melanie,” the g
