Chapter 13: Surprise!Efren, the previous day
Efren practically bounced as he and Marcelo approached the door to their suite of rooms. He hadn’t seen Dru’s setup, but had no doubt that it would be perfect. Dru never ceased to surprise him.
Marcelo drew in a sharp breath upon opening the door. He turned to Efren with widened eyes. “You arranged this?”
Efren peered over Marcelo’s shoulder. Dru—or possibly Lester—had done better than Efren had imagined. He’d arranged a table with a single Nutter Buzzer artfully surrounded by a several kinds of fresh fruit so that they looked like a flower bloom on each of two plates.
A bottle of wine, two stemmed glasses, and two red roses adorned the small table’s center. A fire burned low in the hearth, still warming the room.
Simple and understated, bu
