learn kick boxing. I hear that is a great way to relax. How about you?”
I froze at her words. Did she know who I was? Deciding to play it cool, I decided to play dumb for a moment.
“How about me , what?”
“What do you do for fun?”
“Oh, I’m with you on not knowing what that is. Though to clear my head or relax, I work out,” testing the waters here, “kick box, swim or run.”
“Wow! You know how to kick box? I want to learn so bad. You’re so lucky.”
Nope, she hadn’t a clue. Or she was just really good at faking it…
“Do you have any family?”
“Nope, next question please.”
“Sorry if I struck a chord. I didn’t realize.”
“It’s okay, you didn’t know. I just don’t like talking about it. Do you have family?”
“I do. I have a rather big family. My mom and dad are the greatest. I hope one day that I can be half the husband and father to my wife and kids as my father was with us. My brothers and sisters are great. We fight, but nothing that we don’t get over in a few seconds. No matter what we have always had each other’s backs.”
“You r family sounds wonderful. So you want to get married and have a family?”
“Definitely! I’m just waiting for the right girl to come along that I can’t get off my mind and then…” I trailed off at the realization that it could be very possible that my “ Angel” could be the one I’ve been searching for.
No, it is only the mystery behind her. That was has me intrigued. She doesn’t know me and I don’t know her.
Shaking my head, her words begin to register.
“…great that you want that and I’m sure you will find it. You seem like a great guy. I, however, just want to do my good deeds and be left alone.”
“You don’t want a family?”
“No. Listen my past has molded me and you lead by example…Well , my family was far from the ideal family you seemed to have lived in. I know what feelings really cause and I’m not looking to experience any of that. Guys aren’t the only ones that can live with mindless fucks when the need arises.”
She has literally just stunned me. There is nothing I can say to that. I have no clue what happened to her to have her view life this way, but my life is far from perfect as she thinks it is. Yeah , I had very loving parents and was close to my siblings, but I have demons, a past…secrets and I fight them on a daily basis. I have come a long way since then, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t rear its ugly head. I am not perfect and I have never claimed to be. Still, I wanted a family.
“What happened?”
“What do you mean?”
“I haven’t had the perfect life like you may think, but I still want a family. What happened to you to not want it?”
“Can we please change subjects? My past is not a place I like to relive…please.” She pleaded.
“Okay. Okay, Angel. What got you into doing the job you do?”
She starts laughing and I am immediately lost in the purity of the laugh. The sound is like watching chocol ate pour from a chocolate fountain. You just can’t seem to tear your eyes away. It was another sound I would never forget; her voice being the other.
“Funny story a ctually. To give you the shortened version, I was in college and my boyfriend at the time went on a Spring Break trip with a group of his friends. Little he paid attention to, but a very good friend of mine went too. We will just say he had a very hard time keeping is dick in his pants that trip. From what I was told he should have just ran around with it hanging out, if that gives you an indication on how much fun he was having. Anyway, my friend tells me, I break up with him. He starts to see someone else. I am out for drinks with friends. One friend tells me I could be a phone sex operator. I get home, not fully drunk. Anyway, I call him and hang up. He calls back and I answer as if I was
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