ARTHUR
She's not a princess, but she's better than a princess to me. She was too special. But I didn't need to explain that to Nathan.
I heard Nathan say something but I had been paying so much attention to Doris on screen, whatever he said didn’t really register.
“Excuse me? Come again?” My tone must have been colder than I meant it to be, because Nathan flinched.
“I said, what makes her so special?”
“Hhhmmn.” How could I describe it?
It was more than her beautiful, sad, Caribbean beautiful eyes. More than her body. More than our s****l chemistry.
I didn’t know what it was.
I returned my attention to the screen. Doris was there, nervously holding the hem of glamourous dress, and staring wide-eyed at herself in the mirror.
Nina seemed to be encouraging her. Doris surprised me bec
