CHAPTER NINETEEN
The next day a tortoise again bit Megan at breakfast.
Justin couldn’t help wondering if it was a complete coincidence.
She allegedly hadn’t spotted it on the floor, and when it tried to suck a tiny piece of apple from her toe, she went ballistic.
Fruit and croissants went somersaulting into the air. A glass coffee pot tipped and rolled onto the lap of an immaculately turned-out German tourist.
In the end, Justin had to sneak off for a joint just to calm his nerves.
This trip, though, was different from what he was used to. Megan seemed able to turn anything into a drama. It was exhausting.
By the time he returned to the breakfast table, all had been dealt with. The waiter had sliced an apple into little pieces. Megan was now feeding it to the tortoise.
“They eat fl
