Chapter 51

Normally this was her world, her comfort zone. Art, the people that appreciated it and the pampering that went with it. Tonight, it wasn’t. The dinner had been delightful, Devin flirted with her through the whole thing. The food was perfect, a wonderful change from the diet of snacks in the past week.
Rayne just couldn’t get into the people tonight, she didn’t want to be near them. She didn’t know what was wrong, but did know she wasn’t going to let Devin down. Devin didn’t have to let her stay on his property or come look for her during the storm. Aside from their initial meeting, he had been very kind towards her—and with everything she was going through she needed him. Right now, he needed her, at least that’s how she was looking at it. Glancing over to where he was, Rayne could tell by the look on his face this was the last place he wanted to be.
She had tried not to get into any serious conversations with any of the guests, and other than one man that wouldn’t stay away, she was succeeding. He seemed to turn up everywhere she wandered to. As Rayne turned to move to the next painting the very same man was working his way towards her, again. Would anyone notice if she went and hid in the bathroom?