clothing at
Robin’s. She enjoyed every moment with him and especially enjoyed
making love to him each time the opportunity presented itself.
By the time he left Sunday morning, Robin
was exhausted. Still, it was hard to let him go. The weekend
reminded her of a dream; a fairy tale actually.
When he left, Robin found herself pondering.
She had always believed strongly in soul connections and she truly
felt Matt’s soul connected to hers. He unlocked a part of her that
she believed died. She admitted to herself she had fallen deeply in
love with Matt and realized resisting it was useless.
****
A week passed. Matt invited Robin to his
apartment. When she arrived, she calmly walked to the door and
knocked. She heard commotion inside and a little girl squealing.
Quickly the door opened and she saw Matt with a beautiful little
girl with curly blonde pig tails perched on his back.
“ Hey,” Matt said
breathlessly. “Wanna play?”
She smiled.
“ Matt, you should have
told me you had your daughter this weekend.”
“ Oh shut up and get in
here,” he said playfully.
She opened the screen door and watched him
run down the hallway as the little girl screeched loudly. He let
her down at the end of the hall and she ran toward Robin.
“ I’m Olivia,” she said
sweetly as she put out her hand to shake.
“ I’m Robin,” she said as
she knelt and shook her hand. “It’s very nice to meet you
Olivia.”
“ My daddy calls me
Olly.”
“ Oh, okay.
Olly.”
“ My daddy said you were
pretty,” she said with a wide smile.
“ That’s sweet. Well, your
daddy is pretty handsome, too.”
“ I know. My mommy said
that all the nurses think he’s hot,” she blurted out.
“ Oh, I see,” she
acknowledged with a smirk.
Robin saw Matt grin as he walked into the
living room. He wore a pair of army green cargo shorts and a tan
scoop neck t-shirt. His feet were bare.
Their eyes met.
“ You thirsty?” he
asked.
“ Oh no, I’m fine,” she
replied.
“ You’re looking casually
fine tonight Miss Hillard. Do you have a boyfriend?” Robin wore a
pair of white Capri style sweats, a red tank top, sneakers, and her
hair pulled up in messy bun.
She laughed and nodded.
“ Thank you, and yes, I do
have a boyfriend; a very handsome boyfriend.”
She observed as Matt walked to Olivia and
knelt.
“ Listen,” he began
quietly, “how about we go rent some movies? Maybe we’ll go to
putt-putt golf and then come back here and hang out? Maybe order a
pizza?”
“ Yeah!” she shouted,
jumping up and down wildly. The claps echoed down the hallway as
she ran to her room to get her shoes.
Robin smiled. “She is beautiful, Matt.”
“ Thanks.” He stood up and
walked to Robin. “Those plans okay with you?” he asked
thoughtfully.
“ Yes. You should’ve told
me she was visiting this weekend. I feel like I’m
imposing.”
“ You’re not. And just for
the record, I have a little something extra for you later,” he said
as he walked closer to her.
“ You do?”
“ Oh yeah,” he said as a
seductive grin found his lips. He leaned closer and kissed her
lips. “I’ve missed you,” he said sincerely “and we’ve got some
catching up to do. I can’t get a little taste of you and then go
without for a week.”
“ But we saw each other
Tuesday and Wednesday.”
“ Yeah, but we had clothing
on both times.”
She gave him a friendly smack on the
arm.
“ What?” he asked shrugging
innocently. “It’s not the same as when the clothing is strung all
over the floor.”
After a very quick stop at the movie rental
store, they arrived at putt-putt golf. Olivia was very good at it.
Robin enjoyed watching Matt with her, impressed by what a wonderful
father he was. She felt privileged to be part of his life. Each
time Olivia made a putt, Matt shouted madly as if she were a
pro-golfer on the tour.
After putt-putt, they arrived at the pizza
parlor. By 8:30 they settled back in at the apartment.
Lorraine Massey, Michele Bender