tropical storm Hilary was moving
through and he knew she would make for a cloudy morning
they met face to face for the
first time a few weeks back
a
friend shared her number
said shed seen
him in town and was interested to meet him
He’s the bookwalker?
Excuse me?
Bookwalker. He walks around town
reading.
Ohyes yes, excuse me, I hadn’t
heard him called that before. Some
talent, huh?
Have you tried?
Walk and read?
Yes.
No. For the life of me I can’t walk and chew gum
at the same time.
I tried.
And . . how did it go?
It went. Seemed every crack I
crossed had my name on it. I stumbled around like a drunk. I went around the
blockthought if I walked on familiar terrain I’d have a better shot at it.
Failed miserable nearly broke my
neck.
Maybe it was the book. Perhaps a
different book . .
.
. I don’t think so. I think he’s been doing it for a long time, although I
appreciate you trying to blame the book for my failure.
It’s said when you fall off the
hors . .
. . Save it. Please.
I’m not a fan of idioms.
I can’t believe you know him.
Do you think . .
maybe . I could meet himwe could meet?
I’ll ask. He’s not predictable.
Weve known each other a few
years
Yes.
You know Im not keen on blind
dates
Being setup
Yes.
And as long as we've known each other
I haven't.
You have not
he did value her itd be her fall from grace made him chuckle
What’s funny?
Ill call her
I cant call her friend Whas her name
Laila.
Like the wellknown Hawaiian resort
Exactly. she rolled her eyes
she knew him well ComonIwannalayya Ill call Laila
Woudya like to let her know or shall I
surprise her
Howbout I call, we’ll take one surprise of
what will be too numerous to count off the table.
Go easy on her.
Nice
try
Thought it was worth it.
he nodded
easy wasnt in his
vocabulary or sweet
Laila stirred
he been awake awhile watched
her sleep
he adored the play of her
mouth a sweet pucker pout
akin to that
of a very young baby which he assumed meant they dreamed they were nursing forever to be assumed he asked they didnt say
Lailas eyes fluttered
sleepily
Stop woudya.
Cant help myself he kissed her
forehead Youre beautiful
You can stop that too, you’ve
already gotten into my pan . .
.
. An I wanna keep getting into em
closing her eyesstretching she laughed
fuckin dimples
Laila open your eyes sumptin I
wanna show you Been working on it since
I woke
she opened them
big beautiful almondshaped green
eyes Injun blood Italian blood
he leaned forward kissed one eye then the other
then leaning back Yare going to
shit
Not in bed . .
.
. You will
Awright. You wash the sheits.
I like it Youve awakened clever
Yah. Clever usually doesn’t come until
after coffee.
When were done Ill make coffee
What do I have to do to sheit.
Nothing Just lay back eyes open
I got the sun on a dimmer switch Watch
Dimmer switch?
her mouth did that babything DAMMIT did it again hed flipspin her on top of himshe
coud suck his cock hed eat her like a sugarcone stuffed deep with soft icecream
cleared his throat
Where did you
go?
Tellya
showya later Yaready
You’re awfully excited.
I am Ready
Me too. I am.
the bedroom was flooded with sunlightangled faced East
Okay.
Laila was breathing high in her chest
Annow Itll dim
the room began dimming
Now brighten
it brightened
Dim
dimmed
Dimmer
dimmered
nearly asif dawning
Little more light
lightened
Dim
dimmed
All bright
the sun gleamedshot through the window
he grabbed her astonished face
kissed her deeply
Good
morning Ill make coffee
he slipped octopusquick out of bed
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