LOOP 86
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Dominicumirks up at me and I kon
Some things are not expposed to be on the damn classroom wall, Forta
Ugh. That’s a conversation for another day.
“Well, I have to get going,” I tell them. “I’ll pick you up this afternoon They both as if that the day w
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They walk me out to the gate. Lucia provodly holds my hand as Dominic walks besede vi Hara por forally and affert want to hold his hand or hug him I know that can’t overstep, Ih towards ready. The in
“See you this afternoon.” I smile as bend and hug Lucia, my eyes go to Domini and he stands with hands firmly in his pres
“Bye” He gave me a lopooded smile,
“Will I meet you at the gate this afternoon?” lask. They both nod.
Iwatch them as they skip off into the distance and I smile broadly, they’re officially the cutest kids of a
“Hella voce says from behind me. I turn to see a woman. “I don’t think we’ve met before – attractive, and different from the other women here.
She has long dark ha
More New York and less Country bumpkin
“Hello” 1 put my hand out to shake hers. “I’m Gabriel”
“Hello, Gabriel, lovely to meet you. I’m Felicity For.” She holds my hand in hers a beat longer than necessary. “Thaven’t seen you around
“I live in New York. Well, I’ve just moved here and will be living between the two. Im Domine and Lucia’s father.”
“Really?” Her eyes widen as she stares up at me. “Are you back with Seraphins, or did you move with your wife or
“No, I live alone”
“Oh. She pulls her hand through her long black ponytail as her eyes bolil mine.
Don’t even
“Nace to meet you, Felicity. I cut the conversation short “Thave to get going.”
“B” She smiles, all sexy like.
Turn to walk away.
“Oh Gabriel” she calle
“I didn’t catch your surname?”
She wants to google me
“Oh..” She thinks for a moment. “L” She shakes her head as if confused.
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“I thought that was Seraphina’s family name.
” is reply fally.
“Oh, so you two were married? Go away, pest.
“I have to get going, nice to meet you, Goodbye.” I purposely don’t answer the question and turn and walk through the school gaten et al mom on me, I feel them watch me all the way to the car
Ha, country women are horlogs…figures, I guess, what else is there to do around here but fuck, and if jack is anything to go by on what the Are Like.
Anyway…
I get in and pull out of the parking lot. Now..where do I get a decent cup of coffee in this godforsaken place?
I drive down to the mid street and spot a coffee shop, people are sitting out the front at quaint little tables and chairs. “This will do.”
Ipark the car and walk in, and once again everyone stops to watch me
Has nobody ever seen a suit before?
Seriously..what is this godforsaken place?
I walk past them and in through the front door of the cafe, a little bell dings over the door and I walk up to the counter. A young man is serving and he smiles an over–the–top smile. “Hello, how can I help you?” “Hello, I have a kopi luwak please?” “A_what?” He frowns.
“A kopi lawak?”
“I don’t know what that is”
“Right“Ugh. I look at the board over the register and I don’t know what any of this is. “Okay, give me a Jamaica Blue Mountain.”
“A what, what?”
exhale. What the fuck do they drink in this place? I need to buy a coffee machine as a matter of urgency,
“Okay just give me whatever coffer you have.” I sigh.
“Americano?“)
“I guess
“What was the name?”
“Gabriel”
He smiles. “That will be three dollars twenty, Gabriel”
Hell, at that price, it’s probably dishwater. I pay him and go and stand to the side of the cafe as I wait
The bell dings and two women walk in. “Hey, Thorpas.” They greet the cashier by name.
“Hi, Greer, hi, Sadie,” he says. “The usual?” “Yes, please.” They take a seat by the window.
“Hey, Thomas” a man calls from his table. “Your brother must be happy with his game Inst night, stored in the last five minutes.
