“I didn’t realize you had my bag.”
“Yes. I thought you’d feel better with your own things.”
“I would. So, we’re sleeping here?”
‘Yes.” He walked up to the front desk and asked for a room. The only rooms left had king size beds in them.
“I don’t need a bed that big. I can get my own room.”
He ignored her and signed them in.
“Wait. I need a room,” she said as t
hey walked to the elevator.
“No, you’re sleeping in the same room.”
“Then let me pay for half of it.”
He snorted and kept moving her along past the elevator and into the restaurant in the hotel.
He picked a big booth in the back and set their bags in one of the benches with her. Then he sat across from her and handed her a menu.
She stared at it for a moment.
A waitress came by. “Hello, my name is Mandy. What can I get you?”
She shook her head. “I’m not hungry.”
Travis looked at her. “Do you like eggs?” It was late in the day, but eggs wouldn’t upset her stomach.
“Yes, but I’m really not hungry.”
Travis turned to the waitress, put in his order, and then added hers. “And bring two eggs scrambled with wheat toast and two glasses of orange juice.”
Nia opened her mouth and shut it when he narrowed his eyes at her.
“Then I want coffee also,” Nia said.
Travis shook his head. “No coffee.”
The waitress waited for a moment until Travis gave her a look. “That will be all, Mandy.”
She shrugged, turned, and walked off.
He caught the annoyed look on Nia’s face when he turned to her, so he reached out a hand to her. “Give me your hand.” Once he had it, he sighed. “I’m here to take care of you. I doubt you’ve eaten anything good for you.”
“I had a few energy bars.”
He snorted. “Not enough, so I need you to eat for me. And we both know you haven’t slept, so the last thing you need is coffee.”
“I won’t be able to sleep anyway.”
“Let’s make a bet. If you can put your trust in me, I guarantee you’ll sleep.”
“You don’t know. When I’m anxious, I get insomnia.”
He grinned and squeezed her hand. “I know some things that might relax you.”