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Luca: Babe, please just let me know you’re OK.I missed you after my shower.
It doesn’t make me feel any better, though, as defeat and resignation set in.I’m beginning to wonder if Ididdo something wrong?Or bad?Or too fast?Oroh God, was the sex good for me andnotfor her?Shit.
Is this what most women feel like when they have a one-night stand with a man who just wants to dick and dash?That’s never been my style.Why take a woman home just to sneak out of their bed like they’re a dirty regret you just want to forget?What if I’m London’s regret now?
Val: Hey.How did it go?I figure that since I haven’t heard from either of you, the date is still going?
Luca: I’m on shift.You haven’t heard from her?
Val: Why Luc?
Luca: Because you’re her friend.I thought she’d go to you
Val: Why?What did you do?Whatever it was can’t be THAT bad ...can it?
Luca: I don’t know!She left when I was in the shower this morning.
Val: So this morning sounds good.Her sneaking out ...not so much.But to put you at ease, she’s asked me to go to her apartment in an hour.
Luca: Can you get her to at least text me and tell me she’s OK?
Val: Will do.But seriously, stop thinking the worst until I find out what the hell is going on.Maybe being with you was SO bad that she’s wondering where she went wrong, ha ha.I’m KIDDING, Luc.It’ll be fine.It’s London.She thinks the sun shines out of your butt on a bad day.
Luca: Val ...please.I’m turning into a girl right now.This is like a total gender switch or something.
Val: Firstly, girls are fucking awesome, so if you’re turning into one, then good for you.Maybe this is revenge from the female population as a whole?
Luca: I never sneak out and leave a woman feeling confused or used?
Val: Are you feeling used, Luc?Really?
Luca: I’m fucking frantic with worry and scared I’ve fucked up the most important relationship in my life somehow.
Val: And that right there is how I know you haven’t and you won’t.I would never have helped you with the auction and the date if I thought you’d hurt her.You’ve messaged her though, haven’t you?
Luca: Yes.Twice now.And I’ve tried calling a few times.The phone goes straight to voicemail and the messages haven’t been read.
Val: OK.Let me find out what’s going on, and then I’ll report back what I can.I love you, Luc, but I won’t break girl code for you.
Luc: What does that even mean?
Val: It means I decide what I’ll tell you and when, and only if London wants me to.
Luc: FUCK.
Val: That’s the rules, big brother.Just stop worrying and focus on staying alive.
Luc: She said she loved me.I thought she was just sleep talking.Could it be that?
Val doesn’t reply straight away.The three dancing dots across the messaging screen seem to go back and forth forever.
Val: Well, shit ...
Funnily enough, that’s the exact same thing I’m saying to myself when I get to the diner after my shift on Monday morning and London is a no-show.
Well shit, indeed.
