When a Nervous Encounter Turns into a Heartfelt Connection in a Hotel Garden
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I watched her walk up the walk-way toward the Hotel...she seemed nervous so I decided to meet her half way. A man meeting a woman half way, how un-male-like I thought...and smiled.
She didn't see me at first so I said hello load enough for her to hear. It startled her...much to our mutual amusement.
"I'll try again", said:
"Hello Candice".
"Hello", she said, laughing at her nervousness.
We talked for maybe ten minutes outside about various things...one of which was the lovely flower-garden set between the walkways at this Hotel.
"Would you like to go inside", I ask her.
"In a hurry are you"? She asked.
"No, I just thought I'd ask", I said...Continuing I said---"would you prefer to sit outside for a bit and talk"?
"Yes". She answered.
We sat outside continuing out discussion about gardening. I could see something was up so I ask her.
She told me her marriage was over and as of last week she' a single woman. [She did not look happy to be single to me]
Looking away from me she continued;
How her husband had been having an affair for years with his secretary. That everyone knew and had conspired against her...hurting her most was the other casual fuckng he had done behind her back with her friends---all of them.
"As of this moment you are almost the only person I can trust...odd isn't it", she added.
I laughed. Inappropriately as it turned out...Candice' face went pale...as if I'd just punched her in the stomach..., and what can only be described as disappointment made its appearance on her face. [Once again I error]
I stopped laughing:
"What's wrong"?
"You're laughing at me", she replied.
"No...I'm laughing at the situation". [That did nothing for my predicament]
"I think I'll go Dave".
"No...Stay...I'm sorry", I said.
She looked at me with a forlorn look on her face. [Did I feel bad!]
"Common. Please stay, and let me try to recover from my poor judgement".
She agreed, so we sat outside on a park bench...I gave her my best explanation...she accepted that along with my apology. [Lucky or what I thought to myself]
The tensions between us slowly abated and our normal comfort zone returned.
THE SITUATION:
About eight months back I was looking to buy something to live in ...Candice is in real-estate and it just so happened I was driving by her office and popped in while she was there. She' a -knockout so I was more than pleased to have her look after my interests.
---- I'd been married a few years before but my wife, ex, dumped me...basically my own fault.
I gained too much weight for her to deal with. In fairness she had given me plenty of time to get my shit together but I lost interest in-myself ... MY father had died and my office job lent itself to an easy life style and a big gut. That was and I suppose still is my excuse for that period of my life.
Near THE END
I watched her walk up the walk-way toward the Hotel...she seemed nervous so I decided to meet her half way. A man meeting a woman half way, how un-male-like I thought...and smiled.
She didn't see me at first so I said hello load enough for her to hear. It startled her...much to our mutual amusement.
"I'll try again", said:
"Hello Candice".
"Hello", she said, laughing at her nervousness.
We talked for maybe ten minutes outside about various things...one of which was the lovely flower-garden set between the walkways at this Hotel.
"Would you like to go inside", I ask her.
"In a hurry are you"? She asked.
"No, I just thought I'd ask", I said...Continuing I said---"would you prefer to sit outside for a bit and talk"?
"Yes". She answered.
We sat outside continuing out discussion about gardening. I could see something was up so I ask her.
She told me her marriage was over and as of last week she' a single woman. [She did not look happy to be single to me]
Looking away from me she continued;
How her husband had been having an affair for years with his secretary. That everyone knew and had conspired against her...hurting her most was the other casual fuckng he had done behind her back with her friends---all of them.
"As of this moment you are almost the only person I can trust...odd isn't it", she added.
I laughed. Inappropriately as it turned out...Candice' face went pale...as if I'd just punched her in the stomach..., and what can only be described as disappointment made its appearance on her face. [Once again I error]
I stopped laughing:
"What's wrong"?
"You're laughing at me", she replied.
"No...I'm laughing at the situation". [That did nothing for my predicament]
"I think I'll go Dave".
"No...Stay...I'm sorry", I said.
She looked at me with a forlorn look on her face. [Did I feel bad!]
"Common. Please stay, and let me try to recover from my poor judgement".
She agreed, so we sat outside on a park bench...I gave her my best explanation...she accepted that along with my apology. [Lucky or what I thought to myself]
The tensions between us slowly abated and our normal comfort zone returned.
THE SITUATION:
About eight months back I was looking to buy something to live in ...Candice is in real-estate and it just so happened I was driving by her office and popped in while she was there. She' a -knockout so I was more than pleased to have her look after my interests.
---- I'd been married a few years before but my wife, ex, dumped me...basically my own fault.
I gained too much weight for her to deal with. In fairness she had given me plenty of time to get my shit together but I lost interest in-myself ... MY father had died and my office job lent itself to an easy life style and a big gut. That was and I suppose still is my excuse for that period of my life.
Near THE END
