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- Aiden -
All she said was “yes.”
I asked if she got home okay and all she said was “yes.”
What a bunch of bullshit?!
I was glad she was alive, but why even respond if that’s all you’re going to say?
I don’t know what I expected from her. It’s not like I asked a particularly open ended question, but still. Twenty four hours had passed since the morning after we slept together. She could’ve said something mildly lukewarm.
Whatever. I couldn’t wait for her to come around and start making sense. I had to see her. Not just cause I had to, but because I needed to know if she would be my date for Claire’s wedding.
I considered texting her before I left work, but she always worked Mondays. And if I asked her by text, she would either take her sweet time getting back to me or she would just say “yes.” And frankly, that would piss me off.
I picked up some yellow flowers- the closest thing to sunflowers I could find- and drove to the salon. Worst case scenario, she wouldn’t be there. But even then, I’d still have an opportunity to intimidate her creepy boss, which might help me vent some of the frustration I was feeling.
The little bell rang when I pushed the door open. Sure enough, her boss was standing behind the desk and turned stark white when I walked in. As for Lucy, I saw her before she saw me. She was wearing black pants and a loose black shirt. Her hair was pulled back low, but a chunk of it was hanging in her face as she dragged a small paintbrush over some aluminum foil that was attached to her client’s head.
A moment later, she saw me through the mirror in front of her station and turned to look at me.
I raised the flowers as a little wave.
She held her pointer finger up and turned back to her client while the other stylists took turns looking my way.
I strolled over to Chuck. “Hi Chuck.”
“Hello.”
“Do you remember me?”
“Lucy’s boyfriend?”
“That’s right,” I said. “How are you doing?”
“Fine.”
“You look great,” I said. “With all your teeth and no broken ribs.”
“Are you threatening me?”
“No,” I said.
He swallowed and looked down so I was staring at his bald spot.
I kept my eyes on him until he raised his head again.
“You can wait for Lucy over there,” he said, gesturing to the seats lining the front window.
“Thanks, Chuck,” I said. “Good talking to you.”
He didn’t look like he agreed, but that was fine by me.
I took a seat on one of the chairs by the window, laid the flowers beside me, and watched Lucy work. Foil after foil, she painted strands of hair on her client’s head, nodding enthusiastically as the woman gabbed at her.
I tried to keep my eyes from lingering too long on the curve of her ass, but I let myself steal a few glances while I waited.
