Beneath the Diamond Veil

a's

hen it occurred to me that I was going to

ch but I couldn't shake the awesome

with all the problems of my life. I just wanted to let loose and

en." He answered

Rivers." I intro

you are."

was very certain this was our first meeting but as

and we stopped in fr

where?" I asked him, look

ur ordinary eyes. Let's go." He finished, then

he pushed the wall an

that the wall was in fact, a

bar. The further we descended, the more the noise above faded into a muted hum, un

. The walls were covered in vibrant, chaotic splashes of color. Abstracts, graffiti, mixed media, and sculptures were scatt

treaks of dark red and gold, the textures almost tangible under th

breathed. "How have I ne

oice low and close. "It's kind of a se

lding since we met upstairs. His eyes lingered on mine, and at th

rt, the quiet conversations, and the soft lau

secret room of ours, I eagerly followed him, forget

said as he pulled me back unt

ed at him and saw that the lu

anned to do to me in that oblivion. I wanted to enjoy the ad

bar. I loved his gentlemanly attitude when he opened th

again and when he kissed me, I didn't back

passersby who couldn't get enough of each other li

le away and we laughed, loo

ave ever laid my eyes on," He said bu

n a woman into his car and said the same words to her. I simp

He changed the gear to drive and impatiently, I wa

ross instead of driving me to his house. I wouldn't have taken him t

attractive stranger. All I wanted was a night to forg

and kept me I'm his arms until he got a room. The moment we got into th

had earlier. There was something about him, something in the way he moved, the way

e awake but content, my mind still replaying the night. The memory of the gallery,

rom the bed, careful not to wake him up,