Caviar Dreams: The Prequel Novella to Champagne Life Read Online Free

spring breakers drank anywhere and were down for anything. After all, that’s the reason they came to the island, to party. DeShaun spent the entire evening doing shots with the girls. And the messed up thing was, they drank him under the table.
    Hours later, Fabian returned to the “party” with Ashley on his arm. It wasn’t uncommon for a guy to meet a spring breaker, get some and then move on. That’s how it normally worked. Ashley and Fabian hung out the next few nights and then she left for Canada. Two days after she left, they found out that Ashley’s dad was a prominent businessman on the island. Ashley’s dad, Richard Endicott, was a real estate mogul and she had been coming here every spring for the last few years. Everything was cool until a year later Ashley showed up on the island with little Rico. By that time Fabian was dating Carolyn, a pretty Bahamian girl. Ashley’s dad proudly spread it all over town that his daughter was pregnant, but at the time, they thought the father was the son of some pharmaceutical tycoon back in the states. Imagine their surprise when the baby came out black. That was the biggest scandal to rock the island.
    Fast forward; Ashley admitted Fabian was the father, daddy had a paternity test done, it came out positive (depending upon how you looked at it), Carolyn left Fabian and Fabian became an instant daddy.
    “Ashley keeps calling me,” he said. “She called me at two in the morning the other night. I was pissed.”
    “Is she staying on the island this time or is she going to threaten to leave with Rico to get back at you again?”
    “She always does that,” Fabian said. “I don’t even take it seriously no more.”
    “I don’t know why we even bother,” DeShaun said. “Women ain’t nothin’ but a pain in the backside.”
    “Oh, and speaking of backside,” Fabian said. “There are two hot American chicks staying here. They gave me some fake names, but I can tell they’re down to hang. What do you think?”
    “Didn’t you hear me not even a second ago?” DeShaun asked. “I said women were a pain. In what part of that sentence did you hear, ‘I want to party with American girls tonight?’”
    “Oh, c’mon,” Fabian urged. “You need to get your mind off Shaneille anyway. I suggest you do so by hanging out with us tonight.”
    “You set this up already?”
    “Not quite, but you know how I do.”
    DeShaun stood up and headed out the door. “Call me later and I’ll let you know.” He opened his car door knowing he wasn’t going out tonight. He just wasn’t ready.

Naomi
    When I woke up, the first thing I did was look out the double sliding doors and onto the veranda. I spotted the clear blue skies and sighed. I was finally on a much-needed vacation with my girl and it felt good.
    I had a dream about my ex, Kevin. I dreamt we were on vacation together and he kept dodging me. In the dream, I thought he was setting up some sort of surprise for me, but then I caught him on the beach with some girl. The girl turned into a mermaid and then a shark. She bit Kevin’s head off and spit it out into the ocean. Then she turned in my direction and hissed. I forced myself awake when Shark Girl started using her tail to push herself along the sand, slithering toward me. It was really bizarre.
    I kicked my legs over the side of the bed and stared out the glass doors. Maybe it was the flight over, but I still felt slightly sluggish.
    What would it have been like to be here with Kevin instead of Ticia? For one, I bet we wouldn’t be speaking now. He would’ve done something to piss me off on the flight over here. The question I posed to myself was, If I knew that, why was I still with him? Love, or rather, the idea of love, will make you do dumb things, I supposed. I wasn’t always a doormat when it came to him. If I got angry enough, maybe I’d grow a pair. Maybe.
    Before dropping me off at the airport, Kevin had asked that I call him as soon as I got to the