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Saturday

May 26, 2016 5 Comments

Saturday

By A.S Gardana

She had that easy confidence that came from being young (and beautiful) and completely apathetic to her surroundings. He’d followed her for seven blocks and she never noticed.

He wasn’t a stalker. He—well— He just had no other plans for his Saturday.

She dipped into Starbucks. He patted the dog tied up outside. She ran into the clothing store; he purchased something for his mother.

When the rain picked up, he was there with an umbrella.

“You’re a godsend, simply appearing out of nowhere.”

“Not a problem, Miss.”

“Angie,” she corrected.

“Tony.”

“Nice to meet you,” they said, in unison.

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  1. Luann says

    May 26, 2016 at 9:36 am

    Really nice set up. I wish I knew his intentions but I sort of like that you left it open to our imagination!

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  2. Jo Patterson says

    May 26, 2016 at 9:48 am

    How refreshing…..

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  3. Barry O'Farrell says

    May 26, 2016 at 5:36 pm

    A good (happy) ending is always a treat. Like this a lot.

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  4. William Gilmer says

    May 27, 2016 at 5:06 am

    The start of would could be a love story….or a true crime novel. I really dig the ambiguity.

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  5. Bobby Warner says

    May 28, 2016 at 10:31 am

    A nice, easy little love (maybe) story in the making. Liked it.

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