Meanwhile somewhere across the world....
He always brought her flowers, John was such a charmer, and Annabel mused still in bed. That last shot of brandy really took its toll on her. She was going to be late for work but she smiled, stretched and allowed herself to indulge.
Besides her, someone stirred,' she turned towards the body with a smile that quickly turned into bewilderment.
She jumped out of bed clutching the bed covers and screaming.
"Who the hell are you?”, She quizzed him as he got up in shock . It was hard to believe he had been asleep a few seconds ago.
"Lady, chill out! Don't you remember?”
"Remember what ", She retorted.
"We came back last night, you were too drunk to drive and I brought you home”.
Her eyes opened in shock because she wasn't much of a drinker. So she tried to recall the events of the previous night. But her head hurt like crazy. She shook her head trying to clear her thoughts.
"And then what happened?", she asked him .
He was still lying down naked with an annoying grin on his face.
Gosh, He looked good! , she thought as she allowed her gaze to linger for a few seconds before reluctantly dragging it back to his face.
"Well, you asked me to spend the night and emmm... You kept calling me john ", He said laughing.
"You were pretty wild yesterday", "Whew", he exclaimed. "Best night of my life” he said with a wink.
"Talk about a woman on a mission”, he added.
Oh God! She thought, “What have I done?".
"Okay, mister…"
"Ralph", he supplied.
"Yeah Ralph; please get your things and leave. I have to get to work and I am not in the mood to handle all of this”, she said gesturing to the bed and waving her hands in exasperation .
He looked like he was going to argue but something in her eyes apparently warned him against it .
He dragged his body out of the bed and started dressing up slowly.
"Hurry up", she said without thinking. Something she regretted immediately. "I mean I have to get going ", she added hoping it would offer her some form of respite.
He finished dressing and she started walking him to the front door.
All around her little apartment, her clothes were scattered everywhere. Her apartment had been turned upside down. Her panties were on the refrigerator.
"Jesus”, she muttered under her breath.
They got to the door, he turned around and said ,"Call me" with a smile she was sure she would have done a round house kick were her heart under a different circumstance .
She replied calmly and said "Sure, why not? “ And then she slammed the door before he could say another word.
She turned and sped into her bathroom, scrubbing and cleaning herself furiously trying to wash away all evidences of last night’s encounter. She broke down in tears in the shower, curled herself into the fetus position as the water streamed over her body.
"John”, she whispered.
"John".
Somewhere on the shores of an unnamed beach, the waves had washed a little red box ashore with the words inscribed boldly on the surface of the golden circle inside it .
"To Annabel, 'Love you forever ‘, John
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