Distant Howl

hat good, but it was normal, the distance between them was great. He wanted to talk as much as she

e day? It is just that...? My mind was mush, so

here close early, if at all. I'm pretty sure the bars ar

there. We could have gone to the pubs. Wait, there are pubs there, aren't there? She kne

o small, but they're more like mom-and-pop restaura

ill fall in love there." Even I heard how capricious I sounded a

Though you probably think the B&B owner is cute. He's around o

my slow smile start to spread across my face. But the truth was, it was all for show. I was pretty sure there was

hing. And he had never mentioned that to Daira. It was this secret that I harbored, not because I was ashamed, but because I really thought there had to be som

e was interested and wanting more detai

harm to the bed and breakfast guy. He'll fall for my

"Yeah, it's nice and all, but..." she shifted a bit an

ha

ugged. "I don't know. It just

down. "What do you mea

tish, but I'm not sure where he's from. I can't place his acce

foreigner, but if he's makin

guage barrier, and the fact that he's in another country for the first time

back begin to dissipate. She could imagine

brave socializing and have

"Eat something exotic. like ha

. "I don't know, but try anyway and let me k

of variations on Scottish food right now. I was thinking, hoping, that I coul

r me. Remember, I am livin

ve stayed there all day. When the call ended and I put my cell phone on t

me amazing adventure and find out what t

n

ght have thought I was a fucking social butterfly. They would see a confident girl with a carefree attitude, maybe

lly. It was the worst, I hated it, I'd rather be isolated in my study and staring at the wall

Foresta's for a long time and, before that, she was a waitress at another bar. Same old way i

ey had some sort of right to try to grope and slap me with thei

imes than I could count because of his sly look on me, his subtle manipulation, and his ver