Free Evil Agreement by Richard L Hatin Page A

If you’re still there, that is. Please help yourself to anything you
want. If you want some fresh coffee, just turn on the coffee maker. It’s all
ready filled and ready to go.
    If you have to go, I left the number of the local cab
company on the note pad next to the phone. Don’t worry about locking up,
because my landlord keeps a close eye on the place.
    I want you to know I enjoyed talking with you last
night. I hope your head doesn’t hurt too much.
         Hugs, Korie

 
    Aaron put the note into his pants pocket. Later after he had
a cup of coffee, he called the cab company, whose number Korie had left for him. The bright summer light hurt his eyes when he first stepped
outside. He held his right hand up to block the direct effect of the
afternoon’s light from his eyes.
    “Where to?”
    “Take me to The Royals.”
    The cab backed slowly down the narrow driveway. The cabbie
had all the windows of his cab fully open.
    “If you don’t want the windows open, I’ll close them,” said
the young driver.
    “No, it’s fine. I’m enjoying the fresh air.”
    Moments later, the cab pulled into the half filled parking
lot of The Royals Restaurant. Aaron got out of the cab and paid the driver. The
driver gave him a friendly wave as he drove off. For a moment, Aaron thought he
would go inside the restaurant and see Korie . After a
moment, he decided against going inside. He had made a spectacle of himself
last night. She had been a Good Samaritan and helped him out. He would leave it
at that.
    Aaron fished around his pants pocket and came up with his car
keys. He went over to his car and unlocked it. As he opened the driver’s door,
a blast of hot air pushed at him from the car’s overheated interior. He went
around the car to all four doors and rolled each window completely down. Aaron
drove off, heading to his own place. From his apartment, he would call a local
florist and have a bouquet of flowers sent to Korie at the restaurant, as an expression of his gratitude for her having befriended
him the night before.
    From the moment the cab arrived in the parking lot of the
restaurant, Korie watched Aaron’s movements from
behind the tinted windows of the restaurant. As she served her lunch crowd
customers, she kept an eye on the parking lot.
    Would he come inside and thank her? she wondered.
    Her thoughts were quickly answered when he headed towards his
car. When the car pulled out of the parking lot, her heart sank.
    There you go again Korie ,
helping some stray, she thought to herself. For a moment she indulged
herself with some self pity. She had liked Aaron. There was a quiet but
sensitive quality about him that she was attracted to. Her defenses took over
now. She closed her mental drawer on Aaron, as she focused her attention
entirely upon her job.
    After entering his condominium, Aaron immediately called a
local florist and ordered a huge bouquet to be delivered to Korie by three o’clock that afternoon. He
dictated a note to be delivered along with the flowers. The florist took down
Aaron’s charge card number and assured him that the delivery would be on time
as requested.
    Aaron headed to his bathroom to take a long shower. Half an
hour later, he emerged from his bathroom freshly shaved and showered. He went
to the kitchen and poured himself a tall glass of milk. Aaron then opened the
cupboard and pulled out a bag of chocolate chip cookies.
    Milk and cookies for lunch. What would my Aunt, check
that, my Mother, say about that? he thought.
    He could feel the “blues” coming on, so he pushed the thought
back deep into his mind.
    With a fresh change of clothes, Aaron headed out the door on
a mission. He was going to the bank to retrieve the diary that his mother’s
letter spoke about. The safety deposit box key was safely tucked away inside
its envelope. He still carried the letter from his late mother. The jacket was
sitting on the passenger side seat of his car. His mind was swirling with
questions