UNTITLED FOR NOW – AN ADDITION #2

ADAM – PEEPHOLE OF OPPORTUNITY

I watch the brief exchange after the guy finally shows up for this beautiful woman, and his departure in less than five minutes. I’ve been here for an hour already so that means she had been waiting even longer. I continue glancing at her reflection in the mirror. She must have sense my watching. It did not take her long to straighten up to uphold that stiff upper back. What the hell? Worst is she shoots me down again.

“You could just sit at a table with me and have some dinner. It will kill an hour for you. We don’t even have to talk. You can just let me look at you.”

She jerks her head up, a little startled, “What? Are you talking to me?”

“Yes, I am. I’m Adam, by the way.”

I hold her glaze until she looks away, “Just an entree. You don’t even have to get an appetizer. No dessert. Coffee or tea, only if you need some caffeine.”

Her eyes widen and then she actually laughs.

“Can I have a…