LOVE'S JOURNEY
le silence before he st
aying, "a minute please, som
y," he r
led out and Rita, th
hould come with m
you?" She asked he
e interior deco
" Beck
akeovers in the house. "
rted talking to Colin again
ed. "You still live at
Becky
f a kind, then." H
live at h
me leave you to answer your mom,
nd stood up from the sofa. She disconnecte
f she wouldn't look too eager if she called him to say she was
een. They talked for about one hour more. Colin had to re
it didn't take her to
ails. He hadn't checked them at all for the day. He scrolled through the n
cutive director. Reading through them, he copied his father an
ery day; on her way to work in the morning and later
ay of the second week, he called her at aro
could meet during
ront of her, she was reluctant again "I hav
r brain too," he reto
rant near her office. She insisted she would drive to
makeup purse to refresh her face. She arrived thirty minut
ed open the entrance door. He w
smiled slowly, her breath hitched. S
so beautiful; so breathtaking. Even though she was only
und her in a half embrace as so
d and stared into her face. His he
urself," she smiled happily
ired with a light pink shirt and a gray tie. Lo
came late," s
briefly and pulled a chair out for
"Wine, cocktail, or fruit juice?" He pic
e it is," B
iter to make their o
. It was just as if old fri
s. He had her shrieking wit
red the same interests and t
-seven minutes until her phone rang. Looking at the sc
meeting today?" The younger w
d. "Yes, of course. I wi
tion, she was the one in charge of the
e checked for the time and realized
, Colin," she loo
her hands over the tab
ushed. "Thank
at her and called for the c
night," he told her when
o her car. "I will be
at each other an
he drove away. He wished they could
o of them and a senior manager had to travel on Thursday n
pment, he was sad he would be away for days