Dreamland

The next morning, Morgan leaves promptly for her dance rehearsal, while Colby takes a short run. Later, he heads to the Don CeSar to meet Morgan, who is on the pool deck with her friends. Everyone is so nonchalant that Colby wonders whether Morgan’s friends know what happened between them the previous night. Maria then pointedly asks how his night went, and he realizes they know. When Colby quietly asks Morgan whether she has any regrets, she replies, “None at all” (266).

Colby spends the afternoon by the pool with Morgan and her friends, swimming and sunning. In the late afternoon, before they part for naps, Colby invites Morgan for a picnic dinner on the beach, and she agrees.

Colby brings them salads with seafood, and they dine at the beach and take in the sunset. He asks Morgan “to do something for me tomorrow,” which she neither agrees to nor rejects outright (268). After dinner, they return to his rental and make love. When Morgan falls asleep, Colby gets up to watch the moon, thinking how the passing days are bringing him closer to a decision “that might break [his] heart” (269).