Destiny's Lovers (35 page)

“How do you like Alla?” he asked.

“She doesn’t approve of me,” Janina
murmured.

“She has never approved of any woman I’ve
known,” Reid said with a chuckle. “I’m surprised she didn’t get to
my room before you did. Or didn’t anyone tell her I was awake?”

“I told her,” Janina replied, and delivered
Alla’s message to him.

“She has gone away?” Reid asked, incredulous.
“I can’t believe this.”

“She will be back soon. It’s only a ten-day
preliminary expedition,” Janina said, laughing a little. “She went
with Osiyar. She has spent a lot of time with him recently.”

“With Osiyar? Alla and Osiyar?” Reid began to
laugh. Janina joined him. They made so much noise that Herne slid
the hospital room door open a little to see if anything was wrong.
When he spied Janina’s green robe on the floor, and two forms
beneath the blue hospital blanket, he quietly closed the door again
and went away, leaving them to their love.