Unable to lie there when her life was falling apart, she sprang off the
bed and paced across the bedroom, listening to the calls of birds and
monkeys high up in the trees.
Suddenly she wanted to be out there too, back in the soothing, verdant
rainforest where city life and corporate problems seemed so far away.
And then she remembered what Riya had said about the forest pool.
Didn’t they always say that exercise was good for relieving tension?
Well, she’d swim, and then maybe she’d be calm enough to sustain a
conversation during an evening with William.
If they didn’t stray on to the subject of business, s*x, love, or marriage,
they just might be able to keep the evening civil.
She slipped into her red bathing costume and pulled on the linen
dress, reminding herself to be caref
