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And so, as she often did when faced with the chance of being hurt, Pandy became ridiculously silly instead

“Run, Doug, run!” she said again

Immediately this became the the the phrase every ti went to refresh his drink, came out of the ocean, or even headed to the bathrooales of laughter

Dinner was raucous; they behaved as if they were soo to the bathrooesture that snapped her senses into overdrive

“How is she?” Doug asked with sudden seriousness

“Who?”

“SondraBeth,” he hissed, as if she had some kind of fatal disease

“I think she’s okay,” Pandy said sardonically, wondering at Doug’s question He’d spent the whole afternoon with the?

Doug slad you two are still friends”

“Why wouldn’t we be?”

Doug slowly drew the tip of his finger over the top of her hand His touch was so light, her skin seemed to swoon “It’s hard for women to be friends in this business There’s a lot of co”

“So I’ve heard Like with SondraBeth and Lala Grinada” Pandy finished her glass of red hile Doug reached for the bottle to pour her another Thanks to the sun and the rulass of as the last thing she needed, but she took it nonetheless

“Speaking of which, what is the story with Lala?” Pandy demanded

“Her?” Doug shrugged “She’s just a friend”

“Really?” Pandy asked with exaggerated curiosity “That’s not what SondraBeth said She said you and Lala were seen together all over Paris”