That night, Az believed would likely go down as a good time in absolutely no one's books. Even anarchists and nihilists would have to admit, in her opinion, that this last New Year's Eve was far from the best one ever. She might have helped, only a very small degree really, if it could even really count as helping, with Jamie and Brodie. As in the most she did was get the attention of some volunteers, because getting peoples' attentions was indeed something she was good at.
The woman took another drink of her water as if in hopes of warding off the feeling that had plagued her for at least the past few hours, that someone she could not see was watching her. It was nothing malevolent, or no one, she believed, but it was indeed a bit unsettling.
"This is going to sound very strange, I know," the words made their way into conscious thought and then into spoken form before she could even think to stop them. "But have you had an odd feeling that you're being watched. Lately, I meant." Entirely off subject, weird and possibly crazy. Not that the cruise had been exactly what she had imagined in the way of 'normal,' not the way it had been.
The actual, serious fiction novel that she had mentioned was widely disputed for its facts. As well as the very, at times, gruesome trials of the main female protagonist in the book. A very good read, but sometimes you really did not feel like brain food as much as a quick and dirty, fun time. Mike, as he had called himself, laughed, and he did look as if he needed it. Not because he was depressed or broody looking, and she did notice, but because it was more likely than not that he could use some lightening up.
Innuendo had the added benefit of making her feel better as well as giving her something she could have some measure of control over when things were a bit uncontrolled. "And that," she smiled around the word. "Is why they have colorful and detailed covers." One manicured fingernail tapped the cover pointedly. Although, erotica tended to be for women, and 'pornography' for men. Simply how they processed information better, as either sex could be turned on by what glossy or non-glossy pages could hold.